Simple SSH MCP Server

An MCP server that gives AI assistants full SSH/SFTP remote operations — session management, command execution, interactive shells, file transfers, port forwarding, and system diagnostics.

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// key findings

⚠️

Tool descriptions don’t match what handlers do

9 tools describe read intent but their handlers mutate — ssh_container_list (line 18: session.connection.exec(); ssh_container_logs (line 18: session.connection.exec(); ssh_find (line 18: session.connection.exec()

✅

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.

configSSH_MCP_DEFAULT_COLS— 220 Terminal width

configSSH_MCP_DEFAULT_ROWS— 50 Terminal height

configSSH_MCP_DEFAULT_TERM— xterm-256color Default TERM for PTY shells

configSSH_MCP_ENV— development production defaults to strict host keys

configSSH_MCP_EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS— 30000 Command timeout (ms)

configSSH_MCP_FORWARD_AGENT

configSSH_MCP_HOST_KEY_MODE— "": "accept"

configSSH_MCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_MS

configSSH_MCP_KEEPALIVE_RETRIES

configSSH_MCP_LOG_DIR— ~/.ssh-mcp/logs Audit log directory

configSSH_MCP_MAX_BACKGROUND_JOBS

configSSH_MCP_MAX_CONNECTIONS— 10 Max concurrent SSH sessions

configSSH_MCP_MAX_DOWNLOAD_SIZE_MB

configSSH_MCP_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE_MB

configSSH_MCP_SHELL_READ_TIMEOUT_MS

// full audit trail

The full breakdown of what we checked, the deductions that landed, the network hosts, the dependency advisories, and concrete fix guidance is available to verified publishers.

// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: 2635abf13e88a360b912342333c4d7840ff38482

code hash: 24266aeaa412625ae3efccbb3675dfdde2c92fde0a59b583c422a97112dd75cd

verified: 6/11/2026, 11:36:06 AM

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