Remote Terminal MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 102 installs a week from pypi.
Complete SSH terminal for Linux with AI/user control and dual-stream visibility
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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 remote-terminal -e 'REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT=<REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT>' -- uvx remote-terminal-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"remote-terminal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"remote-terminal-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT": "<REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.remote-terminal]
command = "uvx"
args = ["remote-terminal-mcp"]
env = { REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT = "<REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"remote-terminal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"remote-terminal-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT": "<REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"remote-terminal": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"remote-terminal-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT": "<REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<REMOTE_TERMINAL_ROOT> (Root directory for config files and database).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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