MCP Server to screenshot and control macOS windows (made for Cursor)
MCP Server to screenshot and control macOS windows (made for Cursor). That is what the macos screen view & control mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
A Model Context Protocol server that provides window screenshot capabilities. This server enables LLMs to capture screenshots of specific windows on macOS, either by window title or window ID.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @modelcontextprotocol/inspector on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
The server publishes 7 tools. What each one is for:
capture_window_screenshot — Captures a screenshot of a specific window by its title or IDlist_windows — Lists all visible windowsfind_window — Finds a window by title or owner namesend_key — Sends a keyboard key press event to the active windowtype_text — Types a sequence of text charactersExamples — The Examples tool exposed by this serverConfigure — The Configure tool exposed by this serverPlenty of browser automation servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. MacOS Screen View & Control's toolset — capture_window_screenshot, list_windows, find_window and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by jhead; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| capture_window_screenshot | Captures a screenshot of a specific window by its title or ID |
| list_windows | Lists all visible windows |
| find_window | Finds a window by title or owner name |
| send_key | Sends a keyboard key press event to the active window |
| type_text | Types a sequence of text characters |
| Examples | The Examples tool exposed by this server. |
| Configure | The Configure tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"macos-screen": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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