MCP Shell Server

Name: MCP Shell Server
Author: tumf

tumf

Whitelisted shell command execution with stdin, pipelines, timeouts and structured audit logging.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

claude mcp add shell -- npx mcp-shell-server

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.shell]
command = "npx"
args = ["mcp-shell-server"]

# codex mcp add shell -- npx mcp-shell-server

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shell": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-shell-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "shell": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-shell-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shell": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-shell-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shell": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-shell-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shell": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-shell-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}