# LocalHands

> LocalHands — newcovid-localhands. Use this tool when you need to extend a cloud AI agent's capabilities to interact with a local machine, enabling tasks such as file operations and command execution. LocalHands solves problems of remote machine access and automation, providing a secure tunnel with features like path whitelisting and audit logging. It takes in AI agent requests and outputs executed commands, file transfers, and screen captures, ideal for use cases requiring local machine interaction and automation.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/newcovid-localhands  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/newcovid-localhands

## Description

A local MCP server that gives a cloud AI agent hands on a real machine, enabling file operations, command execution, and screen capture via a secure tunnel with path whitelisting, command guards, and audit logging.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.66
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/qv1s8yccgz)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/newcovid/LocalHands>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "newcovid-localhands"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/newcovid-localhands` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/newcovid-localhands/pull`

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