PowerShell MCP Server
About
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables Claude and other LLM applications to execute PowerShell commands, scripts, and perform system operations on Windows systems.
Explore
- 🔧 PowerShell Execution: Execute commands, run scripts, and create new PowerShell files
- 🖥️ System Monitoring: Get system info, monitor processes, check services and disk space
- 📁 File Operations: List directories, get file info, and search files with pattern matching
- ⚙️ Simple Setup: One-command installation with automatic Claude Desktop configuration
- 🛡️ Secure: Safe execution with proper error handling and session management
- Safe Execution: Uses -ExecutionPolicy Bypass and -NoProfile for security
- Input Validation: All inputs validated with Zod schemas
- Session Management: PowerShell sessions properly disposed after use
- Error Handling: Comprehensive error handling prevents system issues
- Logging: All operations logged to stderr (not interfering with JSON-RPC)
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
PowerShell MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
📋 Prerequisites
- Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2016+
- Node.js 18.0.0 or higher
- PowerShell 5.1+ or PowerShell Core 7+
- Claude Desktop application
Option 1: Safe Automated Setup (Recommended)
```bashexecute-powershell
Execute PowerShell commands with optional working directory
execute-powershell-script
Run PowerShell script files with parameters
create-powershell-script
Create new PowerShell scripts
get-system-info
Comprehensive Windows system information
get-process-list
Running processes with CPU/memory usage (sortable/filterable)
get-service-status
Windows services status with filtering
check-disk-space
Disk space usage for all or specific drives
list-directory
Enhanced directory listing with filtering
get-file-info
Detailed file and directory metadata
search-files
Recursive file search with pattern matching
- execute-powershell - Execute PowerShell commands with optional working directory
- execute-powershell-script - Run PowerShell script files with parameters
- create-powershell-script - Create new PowerShell scripts
- get-system-info - Comprehensive Windows system information
- get-process-list - Running processes with CPU/memory usage (sortable/filterable)
- get-service-status - Windows services status with filtering
- check-disk-space - Disk space usage for all or specific drives
- list-directory - Enhanced directory listing with filtering
- get-file-info - Detailed file and directory metadata
- search-files - Recursive file search with pattern matching
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"powershell mcp server": {
"powershell-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"recovery.js",
"status",
"#",
"Check",
"current",
"state"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"powershell-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"recovery.js",
"status",
"#",
"Check",
"current",
"state"
]
}
}A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables Claude and other LLM applications to execute PowerShell commands, scripts, and perform system operations on Windows systems.
🌟 Key Features
- 🔧 PowerShell Execution: Execute commands, run scripts, and create new PowerShell files
- 🖥️ System Monitoring: Get system info, monitor processes, check services and disk space
- 📁 File Operations: List directories, get file info, and search files with pattern matching
- ⚙️ Simple Setup: One-command installation with automatic Claude Desktop configuration
- 🛡️ Secure: Safe execution with proper error handling and session management
🛠️ Available Tools
PowerShell Tools
-execute-powershell - Execute PowerShell commands with optional working directory
- execute-powershell-script - Run PowerShell script files with parameters
- create-powershell-script - Create new PowerShell scripts
System Tools
-get-system-info - Comprehensive Windows system information
- get-process-list - Running processes with CPU/memory usage (sortable/filterable)
- get-service-status - Windows services status with filtering
- check-disk-space - Disk space usage for all or specific drives
File Tools
-list-directory - Enhanced directory listing with filtering
- get-file-info - Detailed file and directory metadata
- search-files - Recursive file search with pattern matching
📋 Prerequisites
- Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2016+
- Node.js 18.0.0 or higher
- PowerShell 5.1+ or PowerShell Core 7+
- Claude Desktop application
🚀 Quick Setup
Option 1: Safe Automated Setup (Recommended)
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