terminal-use-mcp

Item: terminal-use-mcp
Rating: 74
Author: M8ven

Local + remote terminal interaction control MCP Server. Lets AI agents control interactive TUI programs the way a human would.

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// key findings

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

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Open source with a license and README

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// required environment variables

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

configComSpec

configSSH_AUTH_SOCK— SSH agent socket path (discovered automatically if not set; see ssh-auth.ts discovery chain)

configTERMINAL_USE_ALLOW_INLINE_SSH_TARGETS— Set to 1 to allow inline SSH host specification in tool calls _(not set — denied)_

configTERMINAL_USE_CONFIG_DIR— Override XDG config directory See XDG/platform defaults below

configTERMINAL_USE_CONFIG_FILE— Override config.json file path <config-dir>/config.json

configTERMINAL_USE_DATA_DIR— Override XDG data directory (artifact, session data) See XDG/platform defaults below

configTERMINAL_USE_HOSTS_CONFIG— Path to SSH host profiles configuration file ~/.config/terminal-use-mcp/hosts.json

configTERMINAL_USE_LOG_LEVEL— Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error info

configTERMINAL_USE_TMUX_PATH— If tmux is not on PATH, set to its absolute or relative path.

configTERMINAL_USE_WORKSPACE_ROOT— "": "<your-project-path>",

configTUMCP_TEST_KEY_PASSPHRASE

configTUMCP_TEST_SSH_PASSPHRASE

configXDG_CONFIG_HOME— XDG config home — app appends terminal-use-mcp/ Linux, macOS

configXDG_DATA_HOME— XDG data home — app appends terminal-use-mcp/ Linux, macOS

configXDG_RUNTIME_DIR— XDG runtime directory (used for SSH agent socket discovery) Linux

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commit: 16175ded15e6b660c827d70f45f0574609f3e4ec

code hash: e797a47d7c698d00df44ebe7af54c30ce5ac8d9793abf5c4c9edc2bee1fa73e0

verified: 6/14/2026, 9:54:50 AM

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