Unix pass runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 759 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 4 Nov 2026.
Local MCP access to Unix pass/GPG with read-only defaults, path scopes, and TOTP.
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return subprocess.run(args, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
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return subprocess.run(args, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
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Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Unix pass and you get told the day something new turns up.
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 unix-pass-mcp -- uvx unix-pass-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"unix-pass-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unix-pass-mcp"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.unix-pass-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["unix-pass-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"unix-pass-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unix-pass-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"unix-pass-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unix-pass-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
PASS_MCP_ALLOWED_PATHS (Comma-separated entry globs. Scope the server to entries you intend to expose), PASSWORD_STORE_DIR (Optional absolute password-store path; defaults to the user's ~/.password-store).
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