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Shell and coding agent on mcp clients

12 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 3 stories, 9 comments · first 2024-10-22 · latest 2025-07-20

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  1. …called CLAUDE_BASH_MAINTAIN_PROJECT_WORKING_DIR=1 This should also fix the wrong dir behavior. [1] https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw
    comment by pcwelder · 2025-07-20 · in Rethinking CLI interfaces for AI
  2. …I had shied away from command blacklisting due to the exact same reason as the parent post. [1] https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw
    comment by pcwelder · 2025-06-03 · in Claude has learned how to jailbreak Cursor
  3. …files is not as good as first planning things. Prevent writing using architect mode. And so on. [1] https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw
  4. You can try (self promo) https://github.com/ezyang/codemcp . https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw is also quite popular, although they allow unrestricted shell access (that's why it's named wcgw lol).
  5. You can basically get the same experience as aider with an MCP server like https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw . It's not perfect - sometimes has trouble with exact syntax of find/replace. But it's free to use up to your regular Claude…
  6. …I get that prompt I know the task is done. I wonder if a similar thing can be done in your mcp? [1] https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw
  7. …on Mac. It's based on pexpect to enable repl session and has some tricks to prevent bad commands. https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw However, I recommend creating one with your own customised prompts and tools for maximum benefit.
  8. …that the Claude web app often performs better than the API responses I get from the IDEs. [0] https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw [1] https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper
    comment by extr · 2024-12-06 · in ChatGPT Pro
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    Computer use on Claude desktop app using model context protocol
    story by pcwelder · 2024-11-26 · 1 comment
  10. It's great! I quickly reorganised my custom gpt repo to build a shell agent using MCP. https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw/blob/main/src/wcgw/client/... Already getting value out of it.
    comment by pcwelder · 2024-11-26 · in Model Context Protocol
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    Claude desktop shell agent using Model Context Protocol
    story by pcwelder · 2024-11-26 · 1 comment
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    Show HN: Custom GPT allows full shell interaction on chatgpt.com
    story by pcwelder · 2024-10-22 · 0 comments