terminal-mcp

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Terminal MCP Server is a robust Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for executing commands on local and remote hosts via SSH. It provides a simple yet powerful interface for AI models and other applications to execute system commands with enhanced session management, error handling, and reliability features.

⭐ 2Development ToolsTypeScriptRepo ↗Updated 2026-10-31

Installation

MCP client config (paste into mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hela-ecosystem-terminal-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "terminal-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Agent install prompt

Copy and paste into Cursor / Claude / other agents to install this MCP for you

Please read this MCP repository and install it into my current environment:
https://github.com/Hela-Ecosystem/terminal-mcp

Known working client config (can write into mcp.json):
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hela-ecosystem-terminal-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "terminal-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Please: 1) check README for deps and env vars; 2) write config for my client; 3) if secrets are missing, tell me what to fill — do not invent values.

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