Linux MCP daemon (mcpd) MCP Server

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Linux MCP daemon (mcpd) is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. Last commit 3 Oct 2026.

AI agent access to Linux servers without SSH: scoped tools, per-call isolation, root only if granted

Uptime history 43 days of history · worst day 0%

43 days agonow

0.0%

Uptime 24h

0 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

2 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 3 Oct 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

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.

Installs itself into autostart internal/rpc/cron.go:122, internal/rpc/resources.go:175

…ccount on a schedule, and lists which accounts have one. Without `content` it reads: your own crontab as raw text exactly as `crontab -l` prints it (empty when you have none), or with `privileged: true` and no `user`, a table of the accounts that have a crontab and that your gran…

Builds a file path from a variable cmd/linuxctl/completion.go:198, cmd/linuxctl/mcpd_admin.go:583, cmd/mcpd/reload.go:65 и ещё 8

    return filepath.Join(dir, "linuxctl", "registry-"+hex.EncodeToString(sum[:8])+".json")

Builds a database query by concatenation cmd/linuxctl/main.go:883

                    select {
                    case endpoint <- *serverURL + data:

Asks for container control access internal/docker/client.go:28

const DefaultSocket = "/var/run/docker.sock"

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

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

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add linux-mcp-daemon --transport sse 'https://{host}:9091/sse'

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://{host}:9091/sse

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.linux-mcp-daemon]
url = "https://{host}:9091/sse"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linux-mcp-daemon": {
      "url": "https://{host}:9091/sse"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "linux-mcp-daemon": {
      "type": "sse",
      "url": "https://{host}:9091/sse"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://{host}:9091/sse	sse	answering	2 ms	9 min ago

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Linux MCP daemon (mcpd) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Is Linux MCP daemon (mcpd) working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 2 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

The registry lists Linux MCP daemon (mcpd) as active — why does it not respond?

The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.

How do I connect Linux MCP daemon (mcpd)?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Linux MCP daemon (mcpd) need an API key?

No. Linux MCP daemon (mcpd) completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

Is Linux MCP daemon (mcpd) open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Go and 6 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service, which runs on its operator's own terms.