Server Ops MCP Server

What the code does

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

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

      writeFileSync(absPath, content, 'utf-8');

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.

  'crontab -l',

      const child = spawn(cmd, args, {

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

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 server-ops-mcp -e 'OPS_PROJECT_ROOT=<OPS_PROJECT_ROOT>' -- npx -y server-ops-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-ops-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "server-ops-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPS_PROJECT_ROOT": "<OPS_PROJECT_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.server-ops-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "server-ops-mcp"]
env = { OPS_PROJECT_ROOT = "<OPS_PROJECT_ROOT>" }

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-ops-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "server-ops-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPS_PROJECT_ROOT": "<OPS_PROJECT_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "server-ops-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "server-ops-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPS_PROJECT_ROOT": "<OPS_PROJECT_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <OPS_PROJECT_ROOT> (Project root path; all file operations are sandboxed here). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: OPS_SSH_HOST (Remote server IP / domain; leave empty to run locally), OPS_SSH_PORT (SSH port, default 22), OPS_SSH_USER (SSH username), OPS_SSH_KEY (Path to SSH private key (choose either key or password)), OPS_SSH_PASSWORD (SSH password (choose either key or password)), OPS_SSH_PASSPHRASE (Private key passphrase), OPS_CONFIG_PATH (Path to an extra config file (see config.example.json)).