Umbriel MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 3 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.

      else if (args.recursive === true) rmSync(path, { recursive: true });

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.

    Bun.spawn(argv, { stdout: 'ignore', stderr: 'ignore' });

    for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(process.env)) if (typeof value === 'string') result[name] = value;

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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 umbriel -- npx -y umbriel

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "umbriel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "umbriel"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.umbriel]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "umbriel"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "umbriel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "umbriel"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "umbriel": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "umbriel"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: UMBRIEL_PROFILE (Capability profile: 'readonly' (inspect/read only), 'safe' (read + input + window — default), or 'full' (also os + fs tools)), UMBRIEL_OS (Set to '1' to allow the 'os' tools (launch_app/run_program/open_path, kill_process, manage_process, control_service, set_env, registry_get/registry_list/registry_set) AND the 'fs' tools (read_file/write_file/list_dir/stat_path/make_dir/copy_file/move_file/delete_file) regardless of profile), UMBRIEL_ALLOW (Comma-separated tool names or categories to additionally allow on top of the profile), UMBRIEL_DENY (Comma-separated tool names or categories to deny, overriding the profile and UMBRIEL_ALLOW), UMBRIEL_CURSOR (Set to 'never' to forbid the real-cursor fallback entirely (strictly cursor-free). By default clicks/drags are cursor-free but fall back to the real hardware cursor when no cursor-free path exists), UMBRIEL_FS_ROOT (Sandbox root directory that the fs-category file tools (read_file/write_file/list_dir/stat_path/make_dir/copy_file/move_file/delete_file) are confined to when fs tools are enabled; open_path's path argument is honored too), UMBRIEL_TRACE (File path to journal every mutating tool call as JSON Lines (tool, category, masked args, ok, observation); secret-bearing args and values are redacted. Unset = no trace), UMBRIEL_FFI_TRACE (File path to a flush-before-call diagnostic journal of every COM vcall (slot, this-pointer, arg count). Each line is written and flushed to the OS BEFORE the native call, so after an uncatchable crash the last line names the faulting call. Has per-call overhead; unset = off. For debugging native faults only), UMBRIEL_AUDIT (Controls the default-on stderr audit of mutating tool calls. 'off' is the explicit opt-out (reported at startup); 'verbose' also audits reads), UMBRIEL_REDACT (Credential masking (default on). 'off' opts out; a regex value overrides the built-in secret shapes masked in clipboard/env/registry reads and the trace journal).