---
title: "ssh-mcp-server"
description: "Remote server work over the OpenSSH client already on your machine: run commands, move files with checksum verification, search logs and audit hosts, with destructive commands blocked before they reach the shell."
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/ssh-mcp-server
last-updated: 2026-10-15
---

# ssh-mcp-server
Remote server work over the OpenSSH client already on your machine: run commands, move files with checksum verification, search logs and audit hosts, with destructive commands blocked before they reach the shell.
- Slug: ssh-mcp-server
- Publisher: hypnosis
- Repository: https://github.com/hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server
- Manifest: plugin.json
- Version: 2.3.3
- License: MIT
- Category (editorial): devops-cloud
- Skills: 0
- MCP servers: 1 (ssh)
- Stars: 6
- Repository created: 2026-01-10
- Repository last pushed: 2026-10-01
- Publisher type: User
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/ssh-mcp-server
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json

## What ssh-mcp-server does, in the publisher's words

It uses the OpenSSH client already on your machine: your keys, your ~/.ssh/config, your jump hosts, your agent forwarding. Nothing bundled, nothing to compile, no native bindings.

Works with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cline, opencode, Gemini CLI, Qwen Code, Hermes and other MCP clients.

No global installation required. npx downloads the package on first use:

- DevOps and SREs who want faster audits, incident checks and routine server work.
- Vibe coders and indie builders who ship with an AI assistant and run what they build on their own servers.
- Sysadmins and platform engineers who want structured tools instead of an unrestricted raw shell.
- Developers and small teams running their own VPS without a dedicated operations team.
- Homelab, NAS and router owners whose useful hardware has outlived its modern protocols.

From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server/HEAD/README.md

## MCP servers

- ssh: transport: stdio; command: npx -y @hypnosis/ssh-mcp-server

Read from the plugin's own mcp.json. Environment variable names only, never values.