backburner for Claude Code

io.github.rohityajee8076/backburner

Run long shell commands as background tasks: start them, keep working, collect the results later

client:Claude Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install backburner in Claude Code

run in your project directory

claude mcp add backburner -e BACKBURNER_HOME=<BACKBURNER_HOME> -e BACKBURNER_ALLOW=<BACKBURNER_ALLOW> -e BACKBURNER_DENY=<BACKBURNER_DENY> -- uvx backburner-mcp

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

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