Browser Automation 🌐 - Navigate webpages, click elements, input text, and more
Google Search 🔍 - Execute searches and retrieve result links
Python Code Execution 🐍 - Run Python code in a secure environment
File Saving 💾 - Save content to local files
Termination Control 🛑 - Control program execution flow

🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+
OpenManus project dependencies

Installation Steps

First, install the OpenManus project:

git clone https://github.com/mannaandpoem/OpenManus.git
cd OpenManus

Install dependencies:

# Using uv (recommended)
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Unix/macOS
# or .venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows
uv pip install -r requirements.txt

Install MCP dependencies:

uv pip install -r openmanus_server/mcp_requirements.txt

Demo display

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/177b1f50-422f-4c2e-ab7d-1f3d7ff27679

📖 Usage

1. Testing your server with Claude for Desktop 🖥️

⚠️ Note: Claude for Desktop is not yet available on Linux. Linux users can build an MCP client that connects to the server we just built.

Step 1: Installation Check ✅

First, make sure you have Claude for Desktop installed. You can install the latest version here. If you already have Claude for Desktop, make sure it's updated to the latest version.

Step 2: Configuration Setup ⚙️

We'll need to configure Claude for Desktop for this server you want to use. To do this, open your Claude for Desktop App configuration at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json in a text editor. Make sure to create the file if it doesn't exist.

vim ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Step 3: Server Configuration 🔧

You'll then add your servers in the mcpServers key. The MCP UI elements will only show up in Claude for Desktop if at least one server is properly configured.

In this case, we'll add our single Openmanus server like so:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "openmanus": {
            "command": "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/OpenManus/openmanus_server",
                "run",
                "openmanus_server.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

💡 Tip: You may need to put the full path to the uv executable in the command field. You can get this by running:

MacOS/Linux: which uv

Windows: where uv

Step 4: Understanding the Configuration 📝

This tells Claude for Desktop:

There's an MCP server named "openmanus" 🔌
To launch it by running uv --directory /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/OpenManus/openmanus_server run openmanus_server.py 🚀

Step 5: Activation 🔄

Save the file, and restart Claude for Desktop.

Step 6: Verification ✨

Let's make sure Claude for Desktop is picking up the six tools we've exposed in our openmanus server. You can do this by looking for the hammer icon

After clicking on the hammer icon, you should see tools listed:

Ready to Test! 🎉

Now, you can test the openmanus server in Claude for Desktop:

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💻 2. Testing with simple Client Example

Check out openmanus_client_example.py to test the openmanus server using the MCP client.

uv run openmanus_server/openmanus_client_example.py openmanus_server/openmanus_server.py

🔒 Security Considerations

When using in production, ensure proper authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place
The Python execution tool has timeout limits to prevent long-running code

📄 License

Same license as the OpenManus project