Desktop Client
Install the Edison Watch desktop app to give admins visibility into employee AI usage and to quarantine new MCP servers.
The Edison Watch desktop app is installed on every employee's machine. It does two things:
Admin visibility - routes each employee's AI-agent traffic through Edison so admins can see their activity in the dashboard.
It routes each employee's AI-agent traffic through Edison so admins can see, in the dashboard, which agents are running, which MCP servers they connect to, and what tool calls they make. Without the desktop app running, that employee's activity is invisible to admins.
MCP quarantine - holds newly detected MCP servers until an admin approves them.
It watches the config files of every supported AI agent and holds newly detected MCP servers until an admin approves them, preventing shadow MCPs.
It also injects the Edison proxy into each agent's configuration and prompts users to review any credentials found in those configs.
Edison's client-side stack - the desktop app, its local daemon, and the UI components they share - is open source and auditable:
How these pieces fit together
desktop- the Electron app employees install; it gives admins visibility, quarantines new MCP servers, and installs and supervises thestdioddaemon.stdiod- the Rust background daemon the desktop app manages; it securely tunnels your local (stdio) MCP servers up to the Edison gateway.shared- the React + Tailwind component library the desktop app and the web dashboard are both built from, so they stay visually consistent.
Why this matters
The desktop client is a fully open-source Electron app, and its companion background daemon stdiod - a Rust process that securely tunnels your local MCP servers to Edison - is open source too. Because both run on your employees' machines, your security team can read every line of the code before you deploy it.
Detailed guides for installing the desktop client, connecting agents, reviewing quarantined servers, and troubleshooting are coming soon. In the meantime, see MCP Quarantine for the approval flow and Monitoring Organization for what admins see in the dashboard.