Rootpilot SSH Diagnose runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 71 installs a week from npm. Last commit 13 Jul 2026.
Read-only SSH server diagnostics via a fixed 38-command whitelist; secrets redacted, no write path.
What the code does
We read the source, 3 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.
"auth": { "type": "key", "keyPath": "~/.ssh/rootpilot_key" }
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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.
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 rootpilot-ssh-diagnose -e 'RP_HOSTS=<RP_HOSTS>' -- npx -y @rootpilot/mcp-ssh-diagnose{
"mcpServers": {
"rootpilot-ssh-diagnose": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@rootpilot/mcp-ssh-diagnose"
],
"env": {
"RP_HOSTS": "<RP_HOSTS>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.rootpilot-ssh-diagnose]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@rootpilot/mcp-ssh-diagnose"]
env = { RP_HOSTS = "<RP_HOSTS>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"rootpilot-ssh-diagnose": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@rootpilot/mcp-ssh-diagnose"
],
"env": {
"RP_HOSTS": "<RP_HOSTS>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"rootpilot-ssh-diagnose": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@rootpilot/mcp-ssh-diagnose"
],
"env": {
"RP_HOSTS": "<RP_HOSTS>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<RP_HOSTS> (Path to your hosts.json (see hosts.example.json in the repo)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
RP_PROBE_URL (Target URL for the outbound-connectivity / DNS probes (default: https://cloudflare.com)).
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Rootpilot SSH Diagnose — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.