SSH — policy-gated remote access MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · rules ccca72095570

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.

 * lie. `find /var/www -delete` removes a directory tree and `find / -exec sudo
 * id +` runs a command as root, and both classified `read-only` — the `-exec …

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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 -- npx -y ssh-mcp

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

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

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

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SSH_MCP_PASSWORD (Password for the configured profile; a per-profile SSH_MCP_<PROFILE>_PASSWORD takes precedence. Credentials are never accepted as CLI arguments.), SSH_MCP_KEY (Path to the private key file to authenticate with — the path, not the key material. A per-profile SSH_MCP_<PROFILE>_KEY takes precedence.), SSH_MCP_PASSPHRASE (Passphrase for an encrypted private key.), SSH_MCP_SUDO_PASSWORD (Password the sudo tool escalates with, when the policy in force allows the privileged class.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.