Cygnus SSH MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

            delete_cmd = f"rm -rf {shlex.quote(path)}"

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.

    result = subprocess.run(

    keyfile: Annotated[Optional[str], Field(description="Path to SSH private key file (e.g., ~/.ssh/id_rsa)")] = None,

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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 cygnus-ssh-mcp -- uvx cygnus-ssh-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cygnus-ssh-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "cygnus-ssh-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.cygnus-ssh-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["cygnus-ssh-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cygnus-ssh-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "cygnus-ssh-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cygnus-ssh-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "cygnus-ssh-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}