mcp ssh manager for VS Code
io.github.bvisible/mcp-ssh-manager
SSH server management for agents, with per-server read-only and allowlist security modes
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install mcp ssh manager in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "ssh-config-path",
"description": "SSH_CONFIG_PATH",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "ssh-env-path",
"description": "SSH_ENV_PATH",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp-ssh-manager": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-ssh-manager"
],
"env": {
"SSH_CONFIG_PATH": "${input:ssh-config-path}",
"SSH_ENV_PATH": "${input:ssh-env-path}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs