Plonk

Name: Plonk
Author: ostapondo

by ostapondoversion 0.4.3i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.ostapondo/plonk

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Plonk gives agents local macOS tools for windows, workspaces, screenshots, OCR, and more.

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

These three are never merged into one score: opinions, measurements and popularity are different things.

User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plonk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "plonk-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add plonk -- npx -y plonk-mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plonk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "plonk-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "plonk": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "plonk-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account ostapondo, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32696 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 47% of the other 32696 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32696 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Plonk safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.4.3) reached the registry 2 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, LexPact UK Contracts

Alternatives

Servers in the same category from other makers, sorted by stars.

Reading a card:★ GitHub starsiThree pillars: reviews · checks · usageiUpdated = latest version published to the registryi

Spec Driven Development

by formulahendry

MCP Server that facilitates spec-driven development workflows, not just Vibe Coding.

Runs on your computer★ 440MITUpdated 14 months ago

Install

Remote Desktop Commander

by desktop-commander

Remote Desktop Commander: use files, terminal and processes on your own computers from any AI app.

Runs in the cloud★ 211Updated 2 days ago

Install

LexPact UK Contracts

by Idadabhai

Generate UK-law contracts: NDA, service, freelance, recruiter terms of business, IR35.

Runs on your computerUpdated today

Install

README from the maker

Open the README

Copied from the maker’s repo as written. PopNx MCP has not reviewed or endorsed it. HTML, images and scripts are removed. Links lead off this site.

plonk-mcp

The MCP server for Plonk, a macOS menu bar app that is eight utilities at once, a window manager among them. It lets an agent work the desk: apply layouts across monitors, save and relaunch workspaces, snap windows into zones, keep the screen awake, take and annotate screenshots, and read text off the screen without uploading a pixel.

browser on the left 60%, terminal top right, notes bottom right

save that as a workspace called "review"

screenshot the screen and tell me what looks off

This package is only half of it

plonk-mcp is a thin bridge. The app does the work, and without it every tool call returns "Plonk menu bar app is not running". Install it first — macOS 13+:

brew install --cask ostapondo/plonk/plonk

Launch it, grant Accessibility when asked, and relaunch once so macOS picks the grant up. Screen Recording is asked for separately, the first time you capture.

Then point an agent at it

Node 18+.

claude mcp add plonk -- npx -y plonk-mcp   # Claude Code

codex mcp add plonk -- npx -y plonk-mcp # Codex CLI

Any MCP client works the same way — give it npx -y plonk-mcp as a stdio server. One-pagers for Cursor, Zed and Cline.

A client that cannot spawn a process connects over HTTP instead: npx -y plonk-mcp --http serves Streamable HTTP at http://127.0.0.1:43918/mcp (loopback only, --port to change). Requests to it carry the same token as the app's own API — send the contents of ~/Library/Application Support/Plonk/token as an X-Plonk-Token header. The stdio transport reads that file itself and needs no configuration.

Several clients may be connected at once. Set PLONK_AGENT_NAME in a client's config to tell two sessions of the same client apart.

Tools


`get_state`	Monitors, every open window and where it sits, zone sets, saved workspaces, awake status
`apply_layout` · `snap_window`	Place windows by fraction of a screen, or drop one into a zone by number or by name
`save_workspace` · `launch_workspace` · `delete_workspace`	Named desktops that reopen their apps and restore every window
`save_zone_set` · `assign_zone_set` · `delete_zone_set`	Snap zones, assigned per monitor
`set_app_rule` · `clear_app_rule`	Where an app's new windows open: a zone, and optionally a monitor
`set_awake`	Keep the Mac awake, optionally time-limited, optionally also holding your chat status at available
`take_screenshot` · `annotate_screenshot`	Capture, mark up, hand the image back — `mode: "app"` photographs one named window even when it is buried, without raising it
`extract_text`	Read the words off the screen, with a box per line in the same coordinates `annotate_screenshot` draws in
`measure_screen`	How far a point can travel each way before it meets an edge, or the distance between two points, in points and pixels
`select_agent`	Make an agent the active one, optionally the only one allowed to control
`check_for_update` · `install_update`	Ask GitHub for a newer release and install it

save_layout, apply_saved_layout and delete_layout are older names kept for compatibility; they map onto the workspace tools.

Frames are fractions 0..1 of a monitor's visible area with the origin at the top left, so the left 60% is {x: 0, y: 0, w: 0.6, h: 1}.

Where things run

The server talks to the app over loopback HTTP on 127.0.0.1:43917 and nowhere else. No account, no cloud, no telemetry. It depends only on the official MCP SDK and zod.

The app gates that API on a token it writes to ~/Library/Application Support/Plonk/token. This server reads the file itself, so there is nothing to configure — but it does have to run as the same user Plonk is running as.

MIT. Source, screenshots and the rest of the documentation are in the repository.

Plonk

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

LexPact UK Contracts

README from the maker

plonk-mcp

This package is only half of it

Then point an agent at it

Tools

Where things run