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Cua MCP Server

MCP server for the Computer-Use Agent (CUA), allowing you to run CUA through Claude Desktop or other MCP clients.

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Cua MCP server?

Cua mcp server lets Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients work with Cua directly. MCP server for the Computer-Use Agent (CUA), allowing you to run CUA through Claude Desktop or other MCP clients.

What Cua does

Installing the cua mcp server

The server is distributed via PyPI as cua, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.

Where it fits

Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Cua sits in that group. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • Written in Python.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the cua mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

How to install the Cua MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cua": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["cua"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Cua to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Cua directly.

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