WinCtl

io.github.sitharaj88/winctlv1.0.1Developer Tools

Windows desktop control for AI agents: screen, UI Automation, input, processes, files, shell.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using WinCtl in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

NOT YET SCREENEDno verdict on file

Verdict not yet evaluated for this tool. The semantic screen takes adversarial cases first; coverage rolls out as the corpus expands (15/150 labels to graduation). The deterministic conformance probe is built but has not yet run on the public corpus, so a recorded verdict here is REVIEW or UNVERIFIED, never a clearing ALLOW. Until a verdict is recorded, an agent should treat this tool as not-yet-cleared and fall back to its own checks. Method: the eval, four-state verdict, honest limits.

Own this server? Screen its description →

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-08-02).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins WinCtl’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

See your first HOLD in 2 minutes →

Environment variables

WINCTL_PROFILE

Permission profile: readonly (observation only), standard (adds desktop interaction and file access), or full (adds process control and shell execution). Defaults to standard.

WINCTL_TIERS

Comma-separated capability tiers, overriding the profile. Any of: observe, interact, filesystem, manage, shell.

WINCTL_ALLOWED_PATHS

Semicolon-separated folders that file tools may access. Empty means the whole filesystem except protected Windows system directories.

WINCTL_CONFIRM_DESTRUCTIVE

Set to false to skip user confirmation prompts for destructive actions. Defaults to true.

WINCTL_AUDIT_LOG

Path to the JSONL audit log. Defaults to %LOCALAPPDATA%\winctl\audit.jsonl.

WINCTL_MAX_IMAGE_WIDTH

Screenshots are downscaled to at most this width in pixels. Defaults to 1600.

WINCTL_PROFILE

Permission profile: readonly (observation only), standard (adds desktop interaction and file access), or full (adds process control and shell execution). Defaults to standard.

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winctl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@sitharaj88/winctl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WINCTL_PROFILE": "standard",
        "WINCTL_TIERS": "<winctl_tiers>",
        "WINCTL_ALLOWED_PATHS": "<winctl_allowed_paths>",
        "WINCTL_CONFIRM_DESTRUCTIVE": "true",
        "WINCTL_AUDIT_LOG": "<winctl_audit_log>",
        "WINCTL_MAX_IMAGE_WIDTH": "1600"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winctl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@sitharaj88/winctl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WINCTL_PROFILE": "standard",
        "WINCTL_TIERS": "<winctl_tiers>",
        "WINCTL_ALLOWED_PATHS": "<winctl_allowed_paths>",
        "WINCTL_CONFIRM_DESTRUCTIVE": "true",
        "WINCTL_AUDIT_LOG": "<winctl_audit_log>",
        "WINCTL_MAX_IMAGE_WIDTH": "1600"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- @sitharaj88/winctl

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user winctl -- npx -y -- @sitharaj88/winctl

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user winctl npx -y -- @sitharaj88/winctl

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-sitharaj88-winctl

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v1.0.1
category: Developer Tools
quality: 100 / 100
operator: sitharaj88

Listing

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Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 960,209). Verify it yourself.

Links

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