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com.pulsemcp/ssh

MCP server for SSH remote server management with SSH agent authentication support.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install ssh in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ssh-host",
      "description": "SSH_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ssh-username",
      "description": "SSH_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ssh-port",
      "description": "SSH_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ssh-auth-sock",
      "description": "SSH_AUTH_SOCK",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ssh-private-key-path",
      "description": "SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ssh-passphrase",
      "description": "SSH_PASSPHRASE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ssh-timeout",
      "description": "SSH_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ssh-command-timeout",
      "description": "SSH_COMMAND_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "enabled-toolgroups",
      "description": "ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "skip-health-checks",
      "description": "SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "health-check-timeout",
      "description": "HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "ssh": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ssh-agent-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_HOST": "${input:ssh-host}",
        "SSH_USERNAME": "${input:ssh-username}",
        "SSH_PORT": "${input:ssh-port}",
        "SSH_AUTH_SOCK": "${input:ssh-auth-sock}",
        "SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "${input:ssh-private-key-path}",
        "SSH_PASSPHRASE": "${input:ssh-passphrase}",
        "SSH_TIMEOUT": "${input:ssh-timeout}",
        "SSH_COMMAND_TIMEOUT": "${input:ssh-command-timeout}",
        "ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS": "${input:enabled-toolgroups}",
        "SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS": "${input:skip-health-checks}",
        "HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT": "${input:health-check-timeout}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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