SSH MCP server

This is a helper that lets your AI connect to a remote server over SSH and run commands there for you. It is made for people who look after servers and want to check things or make small changes without opening a terminal themselves. It comes with safety rules, so risky commands need your approval first.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something about a server, like listing files or restarting a service. The AI passes that request to this helper program running on your computer. The helper opens an SSH connection to the server you set up in its config file, runs the command there, and sends the output back. The AI then shows you the result in plain words. If the command looks risky, the helper asks you to approve it first.

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What you can do with it

• List the servers you have set up and check which ones are reachable
• Run read-only commands like ls, cat, and grep on a remote server
• Run other commands, with approval for anything destructive
• Open a session that remembers your folder and settings between commands
• Start a long-running process like tail -f and read its output
• Upload and download files over SFTP
• Send a stop signal to a process on the remote server

Try asking your AI

• “List the files in /var/log on my dev server”
• “Check how much disk space is left on prod-web-1”
• “Show me the last 20 lines of the syslog on the staging server”
• “Restart the nginx service on my dev server”

What it gives back to you

You get the output of the command back in the chat, shown as text, like a list of files or a chunk of a log. For file transfers, you get a short confirmation with the number of bytes moved and the file paths. If a command needs approval, you get a question first, and nothing runs until you say yes. Every decision is written to an audit log on your computer.

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Who it's for

People who look after servers, like sysadmins, developers, and IT staff who want to check or fix things without opening a terminal.