What is the Shell Exec MCP server?
Execute bash commands with background job support.
How to install Shell Exec
Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.
transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.Environment / auth
MCP_TRANSPORTrequiredTransport type.
Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"shell-exec-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shell-exec-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"shell-exec-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shell-exec-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"shell-exec-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shell-exec-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"shell-exec-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shell-exec-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}Claude Code
claude mcp add shell-exec-mcp --env MCP_TRANSPORT=<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT> -- npx -y shell-exec-mcpRelated MCP servers
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