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Ghostlink MCP Server

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Ghostlink runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 5 Aug 2026.

Sandboxed repo access for coding agents: search, read, patch, run, git -- confined to a repo root.

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5 Aug 2026
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ISC
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 21 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

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.

Runs an external command src/core/tools/repo-run.ts:94
    const child = spawn(bin, args, {

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ghostlink -- npx -y @bgorzelic/ghostlink
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghostlink": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@bgorzelic/ghostlink"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ghostlink]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@bgorzelic/ghostlink"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghostlink": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@bgorzelic/ghostlink"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghostlink": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@bgorzelic/ghostlink"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GHOSTLINK_REPO_ROOT (Absolute path to the repository the server is confined to. Every tool call is sandboxed beneath this path.), GHOSTLINK_LOG (Optional path for the JSON audit log of tool calls. Omit to disable file logging.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Ghostlink — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Ghostlink?
Ghostlink runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @bgorzelic/ghostlink.
How do I connect Ghostlink?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @bgorzelic/ghostlink straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
Is Ghostlink open source?
Yes — it is published under the ISC licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.