Terminal MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

    execSync(`tar -xzf "${tarballPath}" -C "${destDir}"`, { stdio: "pipe" });

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add mcp-server-terminal -- npx -y mcp-server-terminal

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

[mcp_servers.mcp-server-terminal]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-server-terminal"]

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

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-terminal": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-terminal"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: DISPLAY (X11 display for visual mode (Linux/WSL). Example: :0), RUST_LOG (Logging level: error, warn, info, debug, trace).