SSH MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 1 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 WRAPPERS = /^(sudo|doas|env|nohup|time|timeout|nice|ionice|setsid)$/;

        .execute(sshConfig, `rm -rf -- ${shellQuote(handoff)}`, {})

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.

    const child = spawn(file, args, { env, shell: false });

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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 ssh-mcp-server -- npx -y @hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.ssh-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SSH_PROFILES_FILE (Absolute path to the JSON file describing the servers this agent may reach.), SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Log verbosity: error, warn, info or debug. Defaults to info.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.