The source material describes LobsterAI as an open-source desktop AI agent application (an MCP client/host), not an MCP server that other clients connect to; no evidence of an MCP server manifest, tool list, transport, or install configuration was found, so this profile focuses on its actual functionality, permissions, and risks as a desktop automation tool.
LobsterAI is an open-source desktop Agent application from NetEase Youdao (Electron-based, macOS and Windows) that operates in a real desktop environment — local files, terminal commands, browser workflows, documents, spreadsheets, slides — and can be remotely controlled via IM channels such as WeChat, WeCom, Feishu/Lark, DingTalk, and Telegram. Its product/session layer is called Cowork, running on the OpenClaw execution runtime underneath. The README states LobsterAI can connect to external Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers as tools/data sources, storing user-configured servers locally and syncing enabled ones into OpenClaw — meaning LobsterAI itself acts as an MCP client/host, not as a server that exposes MCP tools. No MCP server manifest, tool list, transport, or install configuration for consuming LobsterAI as an MCP server is present in the source material, so those fields are left empty rather than guessed.
The source material does not describe an install configuration for connecting to this project as an MCP server from another client. The repository itself is installed as a desktop application: download the macOS/Windows installer from the official site or GitHub Releases, or clone the repo and run npm install with Node.js >=24.15.0 <25; first development run uses npm run electron:dev:openclaw, subsequent runs use npm run electron:dev (renderer dev server at http://localhost:5175).