wcgw

Why we included this project

wcgw is an MCP server that gives chat clients like Claude real shell and file-editing tools, so the model can build and run code on your machine rather than just proposing diffs. The interactive terminal is the part that stands out: you and the agent share one shell, you can send keystrokes, attach to the live session from VS Code, and watch long commands stream output instead of waiting on polling. It also handles the usual friction, like syntax-checking edits and reading large files in chunks, and there's an Aider-style search-and-replace plus a context-save tool for resuming a task in a fresh chat. The catch is that this means unfiltered access to your machine, so it's for developers who accept that risk and want a fast, hands-on way to work with an AI agent.