Based on the Model Context Protocol standard , DXT allows developers to register in the MCP server search_files and other dynamic tools , these tools through the manifest.json statement parameter specification , can be called directly by Claude and other clients . Tool execution using Promise asynchronous mechanism , can interact with the local file system / database / API and other resources.DXT runtime environment will automatically capture the tool output and standardized into JSON format , through the IPC channel back to the caller .
This answer comes from the articleDesktop Extensions (DXT): Packaging tool to simplify local MCP server installationThe