Give Claude
access to your
local computer
Edit documents, organize folders, and run commands on your own machine straight from claude.ai in your browser.
Desktop Commander · working on your machine- •Sorted 214 documents into folders by type.
- •Grouped screenshots and photos by month.
- •Moved 1,248 files, nothing was deleted.
Desktop Commander lets you do this with Claude
Pick a category and see what a single prompt can do.
Type it in Claude. Desktop Commander does it on your computer.
This Claude connector will enable you to
Two superpowers Claude does not have on its own: your files and your terminal.
Work with files on your computer
Read, write, search, and organize real files on your disk. Projects, documents, photos, datasets, without attaching them to the chat.
- Full read and write access to any folder you allow
- Search across thousands of files in seconds
- Batch operations: rename, move, convert, dedupe
Desktop Commander · searching 4,120 files2026-06-02_Figma_invoice.pdf
2026-05-28_Notion_invoice.pdf
Work in your machine's terminal
Run commands, scripts, and long running processes in your real terminal. Install packages, run builds, manage git, start servers, and automate anything you could type yourself.
- Real shell on your machine, not a cloud sandbox
- Keeps processes running and reads their output
- Uses the tools you already have installed
Control your computer from your pocket
The connector follows your Claude account, not one device. Ask from your phone or any browser and Desktop Commander carries it out on your machine at home.
From any device
Open Claude on your phone and your computer does the work. Kick off a task from the couch, check on it from the street.
Your real machine
Files, terminal, previews, and running processes on your actual computer. Not a sandbox in the cloud.
Always ready
Link one or more machines to your account. As long as a machine is online, Claude can work with it.
Desktop Commander · your Mac at homeYour Desktop has 47 files:
• 23 screenshots from this month
• 9 PDFs, mostly invoices
• 6 project folders
Set up in two steps
No config files, no API keys. About three minutes.
Add the connector in Claude
Open Desktop Commander in the Claude connectors directory and add it to your account.
Connect your machine
Follow the instructions shown right in Claude. You will run one command in your computer's terminal and your machine appears in the chat.
Requires running one command in your computer's terminal. Works on macOS and Windows. Disconnect any time.
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Add the Desktop Commander connector and start working with real files and a real terminal today.
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One Desktop Commander, every AI client you use.
