OpenDesk lets Claude control multiple machines over encrypted local WiFi
VitalOps shipped OpenDesk, an open-source Model Context Protocol server that lets AI agents control desktop machines across a local network—no cloud relay, fully encrypted.
OpenDesk is a Model Context Protocol server from VitalOps that lets AI agents—Claude, Cursor, or custom harnesses—control desktop machines across a local network. Released this week on GitHub, the tool routes computer-use commands to paired devices over WiFi without a cloud relay. Everything stays on the LAN, encrypted end-to-end.
The project implements Anthropic's computer-use MCP spec, which exposes screen capture, mouse, and keyboard primitives to language models. OpenDesk extends that to multiple machines: pair a laptop and a desktop once, then issue commands in a single Claude conversation that execute on either device. The pairing handshake is local-only; no account creation or third-party server sits in the path.