Can Claude create a ZIP with a password?

Not on its own. a chat AI can't run programs or write files on your computer. With the GUI Hub Essentials MCP server installed, Claude (Desktop or Code), Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients can make a password-protected ZIP locally: the assistant calls the 7zip_create tool, which runs 7-Zip on your machine. Files are not uploaded.

Set it up (2 minutes)

1. Claude Code / Cursor / VS Code / Windsurf: add the MCP server

   npx -y https://guihub.cc/mcp.tgz --product=essentials

   Claude Code: claude mcp add gui-hub-essentials -- npx -y https://guihub.cc/mcp.tgz --product=essentials
2. Claude Desktop: download the one-file extension and double-click it.
3. No AI? GUI Hub Essentials is also a point-and-click desktop app.

Then ask

“Zip my Tax 2025 folder with a password.”

What the AI gets

7zip_create — Create a ZIP or 7z archive on the user's computer from files and/or a folder, optionally password-protected (7z: AES-256; ZIP: AES-256 by default, or classic ZipCrypto for compatibility with Windows Explorer).

Cost

Free to install; each tool has 3 free uses. Then $9 once for all of GUI Hub Essentials (no subscription). The tool tells the assistant when free uses run out and how to unlock.

Powered by 7-Zip (LGPL-2.1 (+ unRAR restriction)), the official release, verified by SHA-256. GUI Hub is independent and not affiliated with 7-Zip, Anthropic, Cursor or Microsoft.

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