System & Media Control MCP Client/Server (Windows)

A Node.js-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) automation system that enables Artificial Intelligence (Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or Local AI models like Ollama/LM Studio) to query and control your Windows PC using natural language.

📖 Table of Contents

1. Features

2. How It Works

3. Prerequisites

4. Installation & Setup

5. Configuration

6. Usage

7. Available Tools (29 total)

Related MCP server: Windows-MCP

🌟 Features

💻 System & Resource Monitoring

• get_system_status: CPU load, RAM usage, primary disk (C:) free capacity, and system uptime.

• get_system_info: Retrieve detailed static system hardware specifications (CPU, motherboard, RAM slots, OS, BIOS).

• get_disk_space: Returns storage space metrics (total, used, free) for all active system drives.

• get_top_processes: Top 5 CPU-intensive running processes with PIDs and CPU percentages.

• get_battery_status: Battery health percentage, charging state, and estimated remaining minutes (laptops).

• get_network_info: Retrieves local IPv4 addresses, active network adapters, and external IP.

• get_dns_servers: Retrieves configured DNS server IP addresses for the active network interfaces.

• get_network_latency: Test latency (ping response time) to major targets (e.g. google.com).

• get_wifi_networks: Scans and lists nearby Wi-Fi network SSIDs and signal strengths.

• get_wifi_status: Retrieves status details of the currently active Wi-Fi connection (SSID, Signal quality, Transmission rate).

• get_active_window: Retrieves the title, process name, and PID of the currently active focused foreground window.

• get_gpu_info: GPU graphics card details, driver versions, and VRAM memory.

• get_audio_devices: Lists available system output and input audio hardware controllers.

🎛 PC & Media Control

• media_control: Simulates keyboard media keys (Play/Pause, Next Track, Previous Track, Stop).

• get_volume / set_volume / set_mute: Checks system volume level, sets level (0-100), and mutes/unmutes audio.

• get_brightness / set_brightness: Reads or changes monitor brightness (0-100%).

• system_power_control: Locks the screen, puts the PC to sleep, schedules a shutdown/restart (with a 60s warning), or aborts active power schedules.

• close_process: Force terminates a running background/foreground process by name or process ID.

📋 Automation & Clipboard Utilities

• get_clipboard: Reads text contents currently on the Windows clipboard.

• set_clipboard: Copies a text string to the system clipboard.

• clear_clipboard: Clears all text contents currently on the Windows clipboard.

• open_url: Launches a website URL in the default web browser.

• launch_app: Spawns a desktop application by command name (e.g. notepad, calc, explorer).

• take_screenshot: Captures a PNG screenshot of the primary screen and saves it locally.

• empty_recycle_bin: Empties the Windows Recycle Bin.

• show_desktop: Minimizes all active GUI windows instantly.

⚙️ How It Works

graph TD
    User([User Prompt]) --> Client[MCP Client - client.js]
    Client -->|1. Prompt + Tools| LLM[AI Provider: Gemini/OpenAI/Claude/Ollama]
    LLM -->|2. Tool Call Request| Client
    Client -->|3. JSON-RPC over stdin| Server[MCP Server - server.js]
    Server -->|4. Runs Native Powershell/C#| WinAPI[Windows Core Audio / CIM / Clipboard]
    WinAPI -->|5. Output| Server
    Server -->|6. JSON-RPC over stdout| Client
    Client -->|7. Tool Response| LLM
    LLM -->|8. Natural Language Answer| Client
    Client --> Display([Console Display])

1. Background Spawn: The client runs as a Node.js process and spawns the MCP server as a background process (child_process.spawn).

2. JSON-RPC handshake: During startup, they perform a line-by-line handshake over stdin and stdout using JSON-RPC 2.0.

3. AI routing: The client prompts your chosen AI provider with the user prompt and the server's tools list.

4. Tool Call Interception: When the AI responds with a Tool Call request, the client intercepts it, translates it to a tools/call JSON-RPC message, and forwards it to the server's stdin.

5. Windows Integration: The server runs native PowerShell command scripts, compiling on-the-fly C# interfaces to bypass the COM binder inside PowerShell, interacting directly with core APIs and user32 keyboard emulation.

6. Result Loop: The tool result is returned over stdout to the client, which feeds it back to the AI. The AI then formulates a final user response.

7. Interactive loop: When executed without argument, the client enters a continuous loop where you can chat with the PC Agent.

💻 Prerequisites

• Operating System: Windows (required for CIM, user32, and COM audio objects).

• Runtime: Node.js v18 or higher.

📦 Installation & Setup

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/noackjona-hash/system-media-control-mcp.git
   cd system-media-control-mcp

2. Install npm packages:

   npm install

⚙️ Configuration

Create a file named .env in the root folder (automatically ignored by git) and set your preferred AI provider:

# Choose AI Provider: gemini, openai, anthropic, groq, github, deepseek, mistral, together, openrouter, watsonx, perplexity, nvidia, local, mock, etc.
AI_PROVIDER=gemini

# Google Gemini API
GEMINI_API_KEY=AIzaSy...
GEMINI_MODEL=gemini-2.5-flash

# OpenAI API
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-4o-mini

# Anthropic Claude API
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
ANTHROPIC_MODEL=claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022

# Groq AI API
GROQ_API_KEY=gsk_...
GROQ_MODEL=llama-3.3-70b-versatile

# GitHub Models API
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_...
GITHUB_MODEL=gpt-4o

# Other supported providers (DeepSeek, Mistral, Together, OpenRouter, Watsonx, Perplexity, Cloudflare, Nebius, NVIDIA NIM, Upstage, Moonshot, etc.)
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=sk-...
MISTRAL_API_KEY=sk-...
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=pplx-...

# Local AI / Ollama / LM Studio (OpenAI-compatible)
LOCAL_API_BASE=http://localhost:11434/v1
LOCAL_MODEL=llama3.2:1b

(If no API keys are found or configured, it defaults to Mock Mode, running keyword analysis locally to simulate tool execution. Perfect for offline testing!)

🚀 Usage

Continuous Interactive Chat Loop (Recommended)

Run the client with no arguments to start a persistent shell session:

npm start

You can chat continuously:

Ask PC Agent > How busy is my PC?
Ask PC Agent > Open github.com
Ask PC Agent > Mute the volume
Ask PC Agent > exit

CLI Command Mode (Single-Shot)

Pass your instruction directly as a command-line argument:

npm start "Show my desktop"
npm start "Copy 'Antigravity' to my clipboard"
npm start "Check the battery status"

🛠 Available Tools