MCP SSH Gateway MCP Server

What the code does

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

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.

                        "(sudo -s, su, bash). The gateway cannot tell where a command ends in it. Leave it with "

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.

            session = self._manager.session_for(server=alias, session_id=named, shell=True)

        return EventLog(os.path.join(self.sessions_dir, name), self.policy, self._max_file_bytes)

        path = path or os.path.expanduser("~/.ssh/config")

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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-gateway -- uvx mcp-ssh-gateway

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

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

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

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-ssh-gateway": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-ssh-gateway"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: SSH_SERVERS_CONFIG (Path to the JSON file with SSH server targets, or an inline JSON string. Overridden by --servers-config), SSH_MCP_CACHE_DIR (Where logs and known_hosts are kept. Default: the user cache directory), SSH_READ_ONLY (Set to true/1 to force the global read-only guardrail), SSH_COMMAND_BLACKLIST (Comma-separated global prohibited command patterns).