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wcgw

rusiaaman/wcgw

wcgw is an MCP server with tightly integrated shell and code editing tools.

Install

uvx --python 3.12 wcgw@latest

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wcgw": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--python",
        "3.12",
        "wcgw@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}
GitHub stars
433
Category
Developer Tools, AI Chatbot
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Create, Execute, Iterate: Ask claude to keep running compiler checks till all errors are fixed, or ask it to keep checking for the status of a long running command till it's done.

  • Large file edit: Supports large file incremental edits to avoid token limit issues. Smartly selects when to do small edits or large rewrite based on % of change needed.

  • Syntax checking on edits: Reports feedback to the LLM if its edits have any syntax errors, so that it can redo it.

  • Interactive Command Handling: Supports interactive commands using arrow keys, interrupt, and ansi escape sequences.

  • File protections:

  • Shell optimizations:

  • Saving repo context in a single file: Task checkpointing using "ContextSave" tool saves detailed context in a single file. Tasks can later be resumed in a new chat asking "Resume task id". The saved…

  • Easily switch between various modes:

  • Runs in multiplex terminal Use vscode extension or run screen -x to attach to the terminal that the AI runs commands on. See history or interrupt process or interact with the same terminal that AI…

  • Automatically load CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md Loads "CLAUDE.md" or "AGENTS.md" file in project root and sends as instructions during initialisation. Instructions in a global "~/.wcgw/CLAUDE.md" or…

Tools (7)

  • Initialize

    Reset shell and set up workspace environment

  • BashCommand

    Execute shell commands with timeout control

  • ReadFiles

    Read content from one or more files

  • WriteIfEmpty

    Create new files or write to empty files

  • FileEdit

    Edit existing files using search/replace blocks

  • ReadImage

    Read image files for display/processing

  • ContextSave

    Save project context and files for Knowledge Transfer or saving task checkpoints to be resumed later

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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