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Ghost Hands MCP Server

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Ghost Hands runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 577 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 4 Nov 2026.

Governed browser hands for AI agents: classified actions, human approvals, replayable audit trails.

Installs per day peak 724 · avg 90 · +489% w/w
a month agotoday
577
Installs / week
pypi · ghost-hands
0
Stars
7 open issues
4 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

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.

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ghost-hands -- uvx ghost-hands
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghost-hands": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ghost-hands"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ghost-hands]
command = "uvx"
args = ["ghost-hands"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghost-hands": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ghost-hands"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ghost-hands": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ghost-hands"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: GHOST_HANDS_DRIVER (Session body for the MCP server: fake (default), chromium, simphone, or android), GHOST_HANDS_START_URL (Optional URL opened on the first perceive call when a real body is selected), GHOST_HANDS_APPROVER (Set to phone to route approval asks through the PhoneApprover (requires the Android bridge env vars)).

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Ghost Hands — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Ghost Hands?
Ghost Hands runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package ghost-hands was installed 577 times last week.
How do I connect Ghost Hands?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls ghost-hands straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Ghost Hands?
The pypi package ghost-hands was installed 577 times in the last week. Week over week that is +489%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Ghost Hands open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 0 stars on GitHub and 7 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.