Chat with your notes in ChatGPT or Claude
Ask ChatGPT or Claude to read, write, and organize the markdown notes and docs on your Mac or Windows PC. Your Obsidian vault or docs folder becomes an AI knowledge base you can search and update from the chat.
Works in ChatGPT and Claude, on the web and on your phone. See how it works in ChatGPT or Claude.
Without organized context, AI tools can't deliver their full value.
Each AI conversation could build on the last. Instead, insights disappear when tabs close. Documentation goes stale. The same questions get asked repeatedly because the context that would make AI truly powerful remains fragmented across tools.
How Desktop Commander Solves It
Desktop Commander lets ChatGPT or Claude read your notes, and also write, edit, and organize them directly.
Point to your notes folder
Tell it where your notes live: an Obsidian vault, a docs folder in a repo, or any folder on your computer.
Work in the chat as usual
Ask questions, discuss ideas, get help. It reads the notes it needs along the way.
Ask it to save and organize
"Save this to my notes" • "Organize by topic" • "Update the README"
Pick up where you left off
Next time, ask it to read your notes first. The context is already written down.
What you get
Never lose valuable insights
Any useful answer can be saved to your knowledge base with one message.
Documentation that keeps up
Ask it to update your notes and docs as your work changes.
No copying and pasting
ChatGPT or Claude writes to your files directly, so nothing gets pasted between the chat and your notes.
See it in action
Saved the note to your vault.
- •Created Tech/Docker networking.md in your Obsidian vault.
- •Added the summary of bridge and host networks and the commands we tested.
- •Linked it from your Docker index note and tagged it #docker.
You made three decisions about the pricing page.
- •Searched 214 notes in Projects/Website for pricing.
- •Drop the annual toggle, and show the free plan first.
- •Move the FAQ below the plans. Each point links to the note it came from.
Create, update, and organize your knowledge base with simple commands
Turn conversations into permanent knowledge
"Save this explanation to my notes"
Keep documentation synchronized
"Update the README based on our changes"
Organize without manual filing
"Move meeting notes to Q4 folder"
Build living knowledge bases
"Create a technical spec from our discussion"
Why Desktop Commander is Different
Context That Persists Across Conversations
Traditional AI Chat
- 1.Attach or paste context files every session
- 2.Re-explain project background each time
- 3.Copy valuable answers before the tab closes
- 4.Manually maintain what the AI should "remember"
- 5.Start from zero in the next conversation
With Desktop Commander
- 1.Point to your knowledge base folder: "Use ~/Documents/ProjectContext"
- 2.ChatGPT or Claude searches the folder for the notes each question needs
- 3.Answers build on existing knowledge
- 4.Ask it to update the context files as work progresses
- 5.A new conversation picks up where the last one ended
Why Markdown Files?
Markdown is easy to read for both people and AI. ChatGPT and Claude don't need to parse proprietary formats or guess at structure. They read and write markdown fluently. And unlike database entries or app-specific notes, your knowledge stays in plain text files in your own folders, which you can open in any editor, decades from now.
Works With Your Existing Tools
Desktop Commander enhances the tools you already use, without replacing them
With Obsidian
- Writes new notes directly to your vault
- Updates existing notes with new information
- Adds backlinks and tags as it writes
With VS Code & Codebases
- Generates documentation from code
- Updates README files when the code changes
- Creates architecture notes from your codebase
With Synced Folders
- Works with Google Drive, Dropbox, or iCloud folders synced to your computer
- Organizes files across folders
- Creates summary documents next to your files
With Plain Markdown Files
- Text files in folders you choose, readable in any editor
- Works with any markdown-based system
- Git-friendly for version control
Git-Native Knowledge Management
Your notes are plain markdown files, so they work with Git like any other project:
What Our Users Do with Desktop Commander
Developers
- •Generate documentation from codebases
- •Update README files after code changes
- •Create architecture notes from existing code
- •Maintain technical specs alongside development
Knowledge Workers
- •Build and maintain project context documents
- •Transform meeting notes into actionable documentation
- •Create knowledge bases from scattered information
- •Organize Obsidian vaults and markdown files automatically
Teams
- •Keep shared documentation current
- •Synchronize knowledge across tools
- •Create project overviews from scattered files
- •Maintain decision logs from discussions
How it works
Set it up once, in a few minutes.
Sign up
Create an account on mcp.desktopcommander.app with your email.
Connect a device
Add the computer you want to reach: a laptop, a desktop, or a server. Connect as many as you need.
Connect your AI client
Install the plugin in ChatGPT, or add the connector in Claude. Any other MCP client works too.
Start chatting
Ask for what you want done. Your assistant works on the machine and reports back.
Knowledge management FAQ
Stop copying notes into the chat
Add Desktop Commander to ChatGPT or Claude, link your computer, and turn your conversations into notes you keep.
ChatGPT
Add Desktop Commander to ChatGPT, then work with your real files and terminal in an ordinary conversation.
- Works on web and on your phone
- Reaches a laptop, desktop, or server you choose
- Sign in with your email, connect your device
Claude
Connect Claude to a computer you are not sitting in front of, from the web or your phone.
- Claude on web, desktop, and mobile
- Your actual files and programs, not a sandbox
- Sign in with your email, connect your device
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