Minion runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 136 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Oct 2026.
Featherweight Linux desktops for AI agents: read the screen as text, click, type, run any app.
What the code does
We read the source, 11 h ago · rules 995398eba69f
Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.
'''cd /home/agent && runuser -u agent -- env HOME=/home/agent USER=agent LOGNAME=agent WINEDEBUG=-all WINEDLLOVERRIDES="mscoree,mshtml=;winemenubuilder.exe=d" xvfb-run -a -s "-screen 0 1280x800x24" sh -c 'wineboot --init && wine regedit /S /usr/local/share/minion/wine-agent.reg…
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
const child = spawn(file, argv, { stdio: "inherit", windowsHide: true });
res = subprocess.run(
path = os.path.join(folder, name)
env = dict(os.environ)
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We found things in this code
Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Minion and you get told the day something new turns up.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add minion -- npx -y minion-desktop{
"mcpServers": {
"minion": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"minion-desktop"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.minion]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "minion-desktop"]{
"mcpServers": {
"minion": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"minion-desktop"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"minion": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"minion-desktop"
]
}
}
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Minion — questions
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