Terminal MCP Server for VS Code
io.github.aybelatchane/mcp-server-terminal
MCP server for AI agents to interact with terminal applications. Think Playwright for terminals.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Terminal MCP Server in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "display",
"description": "DISPLAY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "rust-log",
"description": "RUST_LOG",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp-server-terminal": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-server-terminal"
],
"env": {
"DISPLAY": "${input:display}",
"RUST_LOG": "${input:rust-log}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs