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pov - Point of View

Screenshot capture, mouse/keyboard control, and window management — as a CLI and MCP server for LLM vision agents.

Lets LLMs (Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenCode) see and interact with the Windows desktop. Works on Windows, macOS, Linux (X11/Wayland), and WSL.

Install

# With uv
uv pip install pov-desktop

# With pip
pip install pov-desktop

To install the pov CLI as a standalone tool:

uv tool install pov-desktop

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/empezarcero/pov.git
cd pov
uv sync

Related MCP server: computer-use-windows

CLI Usage

# Screenshots
pov capture                     # Capture screenshot, print base64
pov capture --output shot.png   # Save to file
pov capture --monitor 1         # Specific monitor
pov monitors                    # List available monitors

# Mouse
pov click                       # Left-click at current position
pov click 500 300               # Left-click at (500, 300)
pov click 500 300 --button right --clicks 2
pov move-mouse 800 600          # Move cursor to (800, 600)
pov scroll -3                   # Scroll down 3 clicks
pov scroll 5 --x 400 --y 200   # Scroll up at position
pov cursor                      # Print current cursor position

# Keyboard
pov type "Hello, world!"        # Type text literally
pov key enter                   # Press a key
pov key ctrl+c                  # Key combo
pov key alt+f4                  # Another combo

# Windows
pov windows                     # List visible windows
pov processes                   # List windowed processes
pov foreground                  # Get the focused window
pov focus <hwnd>                # Focus a window by handle
pov window-state <hwnd> minimize
pov move-window <hwnd> --x 100 --y 100
pov resize-window <hwnd> --width 1024 --height 768
pov close-window <hwnd>         # Gracefully close a window

# MCP server
pov serve                       # stdio transport (default)
pov serve --transport sse --port 8000

MCP Server

The MCP server exposes 16 tools:

Screenshots

Tool

Description

screenshot

Capture a screenshot and return it as an image

list_monitors

List available monitors and their geometry

Mouse

Tool

Description

mouse_move

Move the cursor to screen coordinates

mouse_click

Click at coordinates (or current position)

mouse_scroll

Scroll the mouse wheel

get_cursor_position

Get the current cursor position

Keyboard

Tool

Description

keyboard_type

Type a string of text literally

keyboard_key

Press a key or combo (e.g. ctrl+c, alt+f4)

Window Management

Tool

Description

list_windows

List all visible windows with handles, titles, positions

focus_window

Bring a window to the foreground

set_window_state

Minimize, maximize, restore, hide, or show a window

move_window

Move and/or resize a window

resize_window

Resize a window without moving it

get_foreground_window

Get info about the currently focused window

close_window

Gracefully close a window (WM_CLOSE)

list_processes

List running processes with visible windows

Claude Desktop / Cursor / OpenCode

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pov": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/pov", "pov", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

SSE Transport

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pov": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse"
    }
  }
}

Platform Support

Platform

Backend

Notes

Windows

mss + ctypes

Screenshots via mss, input/windows via Win32

macOS

mss

Screenshot capture only

Linux

mss

Screenshot capture only (X11 and Wayland)

WSL

PowerShell + .NET/Win32

Full support — captures the Windows desktop, controls mouse/keyboard, manages windows

Development

# Install in development mode
uv sync

# Run the CLI
uv run pov --help

# Run the MCP server
uv run pov serve

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