List every registered Parallels VM with its current power state.

Return bounded status details for a VM name or UUID.

Start a registered VM by name or UUID.

Request an ACPI shutdown; this never uses Parallels force-kill.

Suspend a VM, preserving its current guest memory state.

Poll the guest OS until Parallels Tools and execution answering.

Execute an explicit argv vector inside the guest.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. command: Argument vector, e.g. ["whoami"] or ["ls", "-la"]. user: Optional guest username. If omitted, uses the current desktop user on Windows. timeout_s: Execution timeout in seconds (default: 300s).

Capture a screenshot of the VM's current screen buffer.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. output_path: Optional host path where the PNG will be saved. If omitted, saved to the default artifact directory.

Send synthetic keystrokes or hotkey combinations to a running VM.

Supports:

• Single keys: "enter", "esc", "tab", "space", "backspace", "delete", "f1"-"f12", arrows, etc.

• Key chords: "ctrl+alt+del", "win+r", "alt+f4", "ctrl+c", "ctrl+shift+esc", etc.

• Strings to type: "notepad.exe" or "echo Hello"

• Multiple key entries in sequence: ["win+r", "notepad.exe", "enter"]

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. keys: Key name, chord string (e.g. "ctrl+alt+del"), or list of keys to send in order. delay_ms: Delay in milliseconds between key events (default: 50ms).

Stream a file or entire directory from the host into a guest path.

Works across Windows, Linux, and macOS guests using direct stream execution. Creates parent directories in the guest if they do not exist.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. host_path: Path on the host filesystem (file or directory). guest_path: Destination path inside the guest (e.g. "C:\temp\file.txt" or "/tmp/dir"). user: Optional guest user to run file extraction as. timeout_s: Transfer timeout in seconds (default: 300s).

Stream a file or directory from a guest path back to the host filesystem.

Extracts test reports, build artifacts, logs, or files produced inside the VM.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. guest_path: Path to the file or directory inside the guest. host_path: Destination path on the host where file/folder will be written. user: Optional guest user to read files as. timeout_s: Transfer timeout in seconds (default: 300s).

Mount a host directory into the guest as a Parallels Shared Folder.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. name: Name of the share (e.g. "project_workspace"). host_path: Host directory to mount. mode: Sharing mode: "ro" (read-only) or "rw" (read-write). Default is "rw". description: Optional notes describing the shared folder.

Unmount and remove a previously shared folder from the VM.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. name: Name of the share to delete.

List snapshots for a VM without changing state.

Create a snapshot of the current VM state after explicit confirmation.

Revert guest state to a snapshot after explicit confirmation.

Permanently delete a snapshot to free host disk space.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. snapshot: Snapshot name or UUID to delete. delete_children: If true, also delete child snapshots descended from this one. confirm: Must be explicitly set to true.

Clone an existing VM to quickly spin up sandboxes or disposable test environments.

Args: vm: The source VM name or UUID to clone. name: Name for the newly created clone. linked: If true (default), creates a fast linked clone sharing the base disk. If false, creates a full independent deep clone. dst: Optional custom destination path for the cloned VM.

Permanently delete a VM and all its associated disk images from host storage.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID to delete. confirm: Must be explicitly set to true to prevent accidental VM deletion.

Configure whether the VM runs headlessly in the background or displays a GUI window.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. enabled: If true (default), sets startup-view to headless. If false, sets startup-view to window.

Simulate degraded network conditions or offline state for the VM.

Args: vm: The VM name or UUID. profile: Network profile name ('off', 'edge', 'dsl', '3g', '100-percent-loss', 'very-bad-net', 'wifi'). Use 'off' to disable simulation and restore normal network conditions.

Run diagnostic pre-flight checks on host macOS and Parallels setup, with optional guest inspection.

Args: vm: Optional VM name or UUID. If specified, checks guest OS, runtimes, and environment.

Optimize a Windows guest VM for automated tasks, testing, and script execution.

Configures Windows Defender real-time scanning exclusions (preventing EPERM/EBUSY file locks) and sets PowerShell ExecutionPolicy to Bypass.

Args: vm: The Windows VM name or UUID. exclusion_paths: Optional directory paths to exclude from Defender scanning. exclusion_processes: Optional process binary names to exclude (defaults to node.exe, npm.cmd, pnpm.cmd, git.exe, python.exe).

Read the release notes, new features, and bug fixes for parallels-pro-mcp-server.

Args: latest_only: If true, returns only the latest release section. If false, returns the complete changelog.