Shell Command MCP

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Run simple filesystem commands (ls, cat, echo) within a controlled environment to read files or list directories.

• 2

  Execute short shell utilities or scripts via MCP while restricting available operations using a whitelist (ALLOWED_COMMANDS).

• 3

  A minimal bridge to the local shell or container runtime for automation tasks and debugging, launched easily with npx or JSON config.

Description

This project provides an MCP (Message Communication Protocol) server that executes shell commands, either as a stdio server or via a JSON-configured subprocess. It can be launched with npx or defined in a config with command, args, and environment settings. Security is handled by an ALLOWED_COMMANDS environment variable to whitelist permitted commands (with '*' allowed but discouraged). It is licensed MIT and is suitable for integrating simple shell operations into agent workflows.

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