---
title: "local-hands"
description: "Give ChatGPT a Codex-style local execution runtime with a loopback browser companion, Windows login autostart, hands-free ChatGPT tab activation, project memory, safe Skill acquisition, native Windows ConPTY, verificatio"
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/local-hands
last-updated: 2026-10-05
---

# local-hands
Give ChatGPT a Codex-style local execution runtime with a loopback browser companion, Windows login autostart, hands-free ChatGPT tab activation, project memory, safe Skill acquisition, native Windows ConPTY, verification loops, long jobs, SSH, Git, and desktop control.
- Slug: local-hands
- Publisher: Plugin owner
- Repository: https://github.com/hutaoao2021/local-hands
- Manifest: plugin.json
- Version: 0.6.1
- Category (editorial): other
- Skills: 1 (local-computer-control)
- MCP servers: 1 (local-hands)
- Stars: 1
- Repository created: 2026-09-24
- Repository last pushed: 2026-09-25
- Publisher type: User
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/local-hands
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json

## What local-hands does, in the publisher's words

Local Hands is a local execution runtime for Codex-style computer work from ordinary ChatGPT browser conversations. It exposes project inspection, patch-oriented editing, filesystem work, Git, long-running jobs, persistent terminals, SSH, screenshots, windows, mouse/keyboard control, project memory, and safe Agent Skill acquisition.

v0.6.1 keeps the v0.6 Chrome/Edge loopback bridge and adds two optional convenience features:

- Windows login autostart for the Local Hands Browser Bridge, installed only for the current user and without administrator rights.
- Hands-free ChatGPT tabs in the extension. When enabled once, new/reloaded chatgpt.com tabs automatically enable Local Hands and send the bridge bootstrap for the active chat. Any tab can still be paused immediately from the visible Local Hands badge.

The intended one-time setup is:

- The browser bridge binds to 127.0.0.1 only.

From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hutaoao2021/local-hands/HEAD/README.md

## MCP servers

- local-hands: transport: stdio; command: python ./server/local_agent.py; env: PYTHONUNBUFFERED

Read from the plugin's own mcp.json. Environment variable names only, never values.