Skip to content
VS Code

Deskwright for VS Code

io.github.tristanmuzzu/deskwright

Agents use real GNOME/Wayland apps: on your screen, or an invisible second desktop you never see

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Deskwright in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "deskwright-session",
      "description": "DESKWRIGHT_SESSION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "deskwright-input-backend",
      "description": "DESKWRIGHT_INPUT_BACKEND",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "deskwright": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "deskwright"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DESKWRIGHT_SESSION": "${input:deskwright-session}",
        "DESKWRIGHT_INPUT_BACKEND": "${input:deskwright-input-backend}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

Deskwright in other clients