SSH MCP Server MCP Server

Name: SSH MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.hypnosis

io.github.hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server

Repository Registry

What is the SSH MCP Server MCP server?

Modern SSH for AI agents — cloud servers to BusyBox routers, with destructive commands blocked.

How to install SSH MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

SSH_PROFILES_FILE
required
Absolute path to the JSON file describing the servers this agent may reach.
SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL
Log verbosity: error, warn, info or debug. Defaults to info.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_PROFILES_FILE": "<YOUR_SSH_PROFILES_FILE>",
        "SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_PROFILES_FILE": "<YOUR_SSH_PROFILES_FILE>",
        "SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_PROFILES_FILE": "<YOUR_SSH_PROFILES_FILE>",
        "SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "ssh-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_PROFILES_FILE": "<YOUR_SSH_PROFILES_FILE>",
        "SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add ssh-mcp-server --env SSH_PROFILES_FILE=<YOUR_SSH_PROFILES_FILE> --env SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL> -- npx -y @hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server