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SSH Server MCP — AI skill for Claude Code

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SSH MCP Server that enables AI assistants (e.g., Claude, Copilot) to connect to remote machines over SSH, execute commands, transfer files via SFTP, and manage interactive shell sessions.

How to install SSH Server MCP

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open bhayanak/ssh-server-mcp and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What SSH Server MCP does

SSH MCP Server that enables AI assistants (e.g., Claude, Copilot) to connect to remote machines over SSH, execute commands, transfer files via SFTP, and manage interactive shell sessions.

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README

SSH MCP Server

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An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) server that gives AI assistants full SSH/SFTP remote operations — session management, command execution, interactive shells, file transfers, port forwarding, and system diagnostics.

Works with Claude Desktop, VS Code + GitHub Copilot, and any MCP-compatible client.

Packages

Package	Description
`ssh-mcp-server`	MCP server (49 tools) — standalone CLI & npm package
`ssh-mcp-vscode`	VS Code extension — auto-registers the server with GitHub Copilot

Features

Session Management — Connect/disconnect/ping with password or key-based auth
Command Execution — Run commands with stdout/stderr capture, timeouts, exit codes
Sudo Execution — Elevated commands with password injected via stdin (never logged)
Background Jobs — Long-running commands with polling and cancellation
Interactive Shells — PTY shells with read/write/resize
SFTP Operations — Upload, download, read, write, delete, list, stat
Port Forwarding — Local (-L) and remote (-R) SSH tunnels
System Diagnostics — OS, CPU, memory, disk, network, load, processes
File Search & Analysis — Find files, grep contents, diff, tail, checksum
Server Management — Services, processes, cron, network diagnostics, users
Multi-Host Workflows — Broadcast commands, transfer file