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interactive terminal for Claude Desktop

io.github.amol21p/interactive-terminal

MCP server for real interactive terminal sessions — REPLs, SSH, databases, Docker

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install interactive terminal in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "interactive-terminal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-interactive-terminal"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TERMINAL_MAX_SESSIONS": "<MCP_TERMINAL_MAX_SESSIONS>",
        "MCP_TERMINAL_SANDBOX": "<MCP_TERMINAL_SANDBOX>",
        "MCP_TERMINAL_REDACT_SECRETS": "<MCP_TERMINAL_REDACT_SECRETS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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