remote-ssh-mcp

Connects an MCP client to a remote Linux/Unix host over SSH, enabling remote shell commands, file access, port forwarding, and VS Code Remote-SSH URI generation.

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// key findings

⚠️

Tool descriptions don’t match what handlers do

4 tools describe read intent but their handlers mutate — remote_ssh_check (line 617: spawn(command, args, {); remote_ssh_list_dir (line 617: spawn(command, args, {); remote_ssh_read_text (line 617: spawn(command, args, {)

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configCLAUDE_BIN

configCLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR

configCODEX_BIN

configCODEX_HOME

configProgramData

configProgramFiles

configREMOTE_SSH_BIN— platform OpenSSH Namespaced equivalent of SSH_BIN

configREMOTE_SSH_HOST— none Namespaced equivalent of SSH_HOST

configREMOTE_SSH_IDENTITY_FILE— OpenSSH default Namespaced equivalent of SSH_IDENTITY_FILE

configREMOTE_SSH_PORT— OpenSSH default Namespaced equivalent of SSH_PORT

configREMOTE_SSH_PROFILE— "": "production",

configREMOTE_SSH_PROFILES_FILE— "": "C:\\Users\\your-name\\.remote-ssh-mcp\\profiles.json"

configREMOTE_SSH_USER— OpenSSH default Namespaced equivalent of SSH_USER

configSSH_BIN— platform OpenSSH SSH executable path

configSSH_HOST— Direct , SSH_USER, SSH_PORT, and SSH_IDENTITY_FILE configuration remains

configSSH_IDENTITY_FILE— Direct SSH_HOST, SSH_USER, SSH_PORT, and configuration remains

configSSH_KEYGEN_BIN

configSSH_PORT— Direct SSH_HOST, SSH_USER, , and SSH_IDENTITY_FILE configuration remains

configSSH_PROFILE

configSSH_USER— Direct SSH_HOST, , SSH_PORT, and SSH_IDENTITY_FILE configuration remains

configSYSTEMROOT

configSystemRoot

configWINDIR

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: 673f6756697615a3a247db4c58f76d871e96fe9c

code hash: e4e6689dea75dcf6afa43c4d41d44ce6d5455f4afb5b947efaf043fbc05b6df9

verified: 7/13/2026, 9:47:48 AM

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