AI assistants (MCP) — GolinksPRO Download Manager help

GDM comes with an MCP server, misterdownloadmanager-mcp, so an AI assistant that supports MCP (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and others) can work with the downloads in your running GDM. You ask in your own words:

"What is GDM downloading right now, and how long is left?"
"Download https://example.com/big.iso to D:\ISOs tonight, don't start it yet."
"Pause everything that's downloading."
"Remove the finished downloads from the list but keep the files."

The assistant starts the server itself; you only tell the assistant where it is, once. The server passes each request to the app through its automation API, on this computer only.

What the assistant can do

Tool	What it does
`list_downloads`	Lists your downloads, newest first: file, address, folder, status, size, how much is done, speed. It can list only one status (Queued, Downloading, Stopped, Complete, Error) or only names and addresses that contain some text.
`add_download`	Adds an http, https, ftp or ftps address and starts it, or only queues it. It can say which folder and file name to use. A magnet link opens Add torrent in GDM, for you to choose the files.
`pause_downloads`	Pauses running downloads.
`resume_downloads`	Starts or resumes stopped, queued or failed downloads.
`remove_downloads`	Removes downloads from the list and keeps their files, or deletes the files too when asked. A running download must be paused first.
`start_queue`	Starts the main download queue.

The assistant can't change GDM's options, see your browser, or turn the automation API on by itself.

Set it up

1. Turn on the automation API

Listing and acting on downloads needs GDM's automation API, which is off until you turn it on. With GDM running, run this once (it stays on):

misterdownloadmanager-cli api on

misterdownloadmanager-cli api off turns it off again. Without the API, the assistant can still add downloads, the same as GDM's command line.

2. Find the server

misterdownloadmanager-mcp is next to the app:

You installed	The server
Windows, for you only (the installer's default)	`%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\GolinksPRO Download Manager\misterdownloadmanager-mcp.exe`
Windows, for everyone	`C:\Program Files\GolinksPRO Download Manager\misterdownloadmanager-mcp.exe`
Windows, a zip or portable copy	`misterdownloadmanager-mcp.exe` in its folder
macOS	`/Applications/GolinksPRO Download Manager.app/Contents/MacOS/misterdownloadmanager-mcp`
Linux, the .deb or .rpm	`/usr/bin/misterdownloadmanager-mcp`
Linux, the .tar.gz	`misterdownloadmanager-mcp` in its folder (the AppImage doesn't expose it: use the .tar.gz)

A portable copy's server finds the portable copy's GDM by itself, from its own folder.

3. Tell your assistant

Claude Desktop: Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens claude_desktop_config.json. Add the server, then restart Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "misterdownloadmanager": {
      "command": "C:\\Users\\you\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\GolinksPRO Download Manager\\misterdownloadmanager-mcp.exe"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code:

claude mcp add misterdownloadmanager -- "C:\Users\you\AppData\Local\Programs\GolinksPRO Download Manager\misterdownloadmanager-mcp.exe"

Cursor: the same mcpServers entry as Claude Desktop's, in ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or add it in Cursor's MCP settings).

VS Code: in .vscode/mcp.json, or MCP: Add Server in the command palette:

{
  "servers": {
    "misterdownloadmanager": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "C:\\Users\\you\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\GolinksPRO Download Manager\\misterdownloadmanager-mcp.exe"
    }
  }
}

Use the path from step 2 (in JSON, every \ is written \\). Other assistants take the same thing: a command to start, no arguments.

Privacy

GDM itself still sends nothing anywhere: the server talks only to the GDM on this computer, over the token-protected local channel. But what the assistant reads, it passes to its own AI service: when it lists your downloads, their file names, addresses and folders go to that service, under that service's privacy terms. Turn the automation API off, or remove the server from the assistant, when you don't want that.

When it doesn't work

The assistant says	What to do
GolinksPRO Download Manager isn't running	Start GDM. The server can't start it for you.
The automation API is off	Run `misterdownloadmanager-cli api on` with GDM running.
GDM didn't answer in time	A window in GDM may be waiting for you (a question, Add torrent); answer it and ask again.
GDM refused the request	GDM's channel file is from an earlier start; restart GDM.
The tools don't show up at all	Check the path in the assistant's settings, and restart the assistant. Started by hand, `misterdownloadmanager-mcp --help` says what it is.

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