MCP SSH Manager MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 6 d ago · rules ccca72095570

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

    const child = spawn(cmd, {

    command += ` && rm -rf ${shellQuote(outputDir)}`;

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.

              next_run: 'Use crontab -l to see next run time'

    const child = spawn(cmd, {

    return fs.existsSync(home) ? path.join(home, name) : null;

            prompt_input "SSH key path" "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" "auth_value"

    for (const key of Object.keys(process.env)) {

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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-ssh-manager -- npx -y mcp-ssh-manager

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ssh-manager": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.mcp-ssh-manager]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-ssh-manager"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ssh-manager": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ssh-manager": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SSH_CONFIG_PATH (Path to a TOML file holding the server definitions. Defaults to ~/.codex/ssh-config.toml. Each server can set MODE to readonly or restricted to constrain what the agent may run.), SSH_ENV_PATH (Path to a .env file declaring servers as SSH_SERVER_<NAME>_HOST, _USER, _KEYPATH and friends. Defaults to a .env next to the package.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.