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SSH — policy-gated remote access for Claude Desktop

io.github.tufantunc/ssh-mcp

Policy-gated, audited SSH for Linux and Windows hosts: roles, approvals, and an audit log.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install SSH — policy-gated remote access in Claude Desktop

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ssh-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_MCP_PASSWORD": "<SSH_MCP_PASSWORD>",
        "SSH_MCP_KEY": "<SSH_MCP_KEY>",
        "SSH_MCP_PASSPHRASE": "<SSH_MCP_PASSPHRASE>",
        "SSH_MCP_SUDO_PASSWORD": "<SSH_MCP_SUDO_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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