native-devtools-mcp 0.3.5 → 0.3.6

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  **Core Capabilities for System Prompts:**
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  1. `take_screenshot`: The "eyes". Returns images + layout metadata + text locations (OCR).
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  2. `click` / `type_text`: The "hands". Interacts with the system based on visual feedback.
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- 3. `find_text`: A shortcut to find text on screen and get its coordinates immediately. On Windows, uses **UI Automation** for precise element-level matching, with OCR fallback.
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+ 3. `find_text`: A shortcut to find text on screen and get its coordinates immediately. Uses the platform **accessibility API** (macOS Accessibility / Windows UI Automation) for precise element-level matching, with OCR fallback.
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  4. `load_image` / `find_image`: Template matching for non-text UI elements (icons, shapes), returning screen coordinates for clicking.
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  ## 📦 Installation (macOS + Windows)
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  | **macOS** | Screenshots | `screencapture` (CLI) |
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  | | Input | `CGEvent` (CoreGraphics) |
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+ | | Text Search (`find_text`) | `Accessibility API` (primary), Vision OCR (fallback) |
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  | | OCR | `VNRecognizeTextRequest` (Vision Framework) |
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  | **Windows** | Screenshots | `BitBlt` (GDI) |
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  | | Input | `SendInput` (Win32) |
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+ | | Text Search (`find_text`) | `UI Automation` (primary), WinRT OCR (fallback) |
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  | | OCR | `Windows.Media.Ocr` (WinRT) |
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- | | Text Search (`find_text`) | `UI Automation` (primary), OCR (fallback) |
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  ### Screenshot Coordinate Precision
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  Works out of the box on **Windows 10/11**.
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  * Uses standard Win32 APIs (GDI, SendInput).
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- * `find_text` uses **UI Automation (UIA)** as the primary search mechanism, querying the accessibility tree for element names. This is faster and more precise than OCR for standard UI elements (buttons, labels, menus). Falls back to OCR automatically when UIA finds no matches.
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+ * `find_text` uses **UI Automation (UIA)** as the primary search mechanism, querying the accessibility tree for element names. This is the same accessibility-first approach used on macOS (with the Accessibility API). Falls back to OCR automatically when UIA finds no matches.
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  * OCR uses the built-in Windows Media OCR engine (offline).
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  * **Note:** Cannot interact with "Run as Administrator" windows unless the MCP server itself is also running as Administrator.
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package/package.json CHANGED
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  {
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  "name": "native-devtools-mcp",
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- "version": "0.3.5",
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+ "version": "0.3.6",
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  "description": "MCP server for computer-use / desktop automation of native apps (screenshots, OCR, input)",
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  "license": "MIT",
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  "repository": {
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  "bin"
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  ],
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  "optionalDependencies": {
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- "@sh3ll3x3c/native-devtools-mcp-darwin-arm64": "0.3.5",
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- "@sh3ll3x3c/native-devtools-mcp-win32-x64": "0.3.5"
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+ "@sh3ll3x3c/native-devtools-mcp-darwin-arm64": "0.3.6",
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+ "@sh3ll3x3c/native-devtools-mcp-win32-x64": "0.3.6"
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  },
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  "engines": {
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  "node": ">=18"