PowerShell.MCP

Author(s)

• Yoshifumi Tsuda

Tags

MCP AI Assistant PowerShell Automation Enterprise

Cmdlets

Show-TextFile Test-TextFileContains Add-LinesToFile Update-LinesInFile Update-MatchInFile Remove-LinesFromFile

PSEditions

Core

Dependencies

• • PSReadLine (>= 2.3.4)

Release Notes

PowerShell.MCP v1.2.6 - Enterprise-Ready MCP Server

=== Key Features ===
• 🤝 Shared Console Experience
• 🔄 Living Workspace That Remembers Everything
• ⚡ Instant Response, Zero Overhead
• 🔍 Comprehensive Output Stream Capture
• 📝 LLM-Optimized Text File Operations
• 🔗 PowerShell Pipeline Composability
• 🌐 Universal Modules & CLI Tools Integration
• 📚 No RAG or Context Grounding Required
• 🎯 Ready-to-Use Built-in Prompts
• 🔐 Enterprise-Ready Security

=== First-Time Demo ===
• "Show what PowerShell.MCP can do in a colorful, dynamic, and fun demo"
• "Try out different styles of notifications using the BurntToast module"
• "Automate Notepad: type text and smoothly move the window in a circle"
• "Tell me how to use Git in PowerShell"
• "How does it feel now that you have a tool like PowerShell.MCP?"

=== Popular Examples ===
• "Review git changes and suggest a commit message"
• "Generate system performance HTML report and open in browser"
• "Show processes consuming more than 100MB memory, sorted by CPU usage"
• "Create colorful disk usage analysis charts and visualizations"
• "Export installed programs to CSV and open in Excel"
• "Review code files and generate development documentation"

=== Quick Setup ===
1. Install PowerShell 7.2.15 or later (if not installed)
  Refer: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-windows
2. Install-Module PowerShell.MCP
3. Import-Module PowerShell.MCP
4. Install Claude Desktop (recommended for optimal performance)
  Refer: https://claude.ai/download
5. Configure Claude Desktop
  From top-left menu: File -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config

  Add to Claude Desktop config (%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json):
  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "PowerShell": {
        "command": "C:\\Users\\YourName\\Documents\\PowerShell\\Modules\\PowerShell.MCP\\1.2.6\\bin\\PowerShell.MCP.Proxy.exe"
      }
    }
  }

  Find ModuleBase: PS> (Get-Module PowerShell.MCP).ModuleBase
  Example: C:\Users\YourName\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\PowerShell.MCP\1.2.6\bin\PowerShell.MCP.Proxy.exe

6. Restart Claude Desktop to activate

=== Requirements ===
Windows 10/11, PowerShell 7.2.15+, PSReadLine 2.3.4+ (auto-loaded)

=== Documentation ===
Full examples & setup guide: https://github.com/yotsuda/PowerShell.MCP#examples
Security policy: https://github.com/yotsuda/PowerShell.MCP/blob/main/SECURITY.md

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