Development and operations teams that want an assistant to run approved commands on a machine under clear limits.
claude mcp add shell -e ALLOW_COMMANDS=ls,cat,pwd,grep,wc,touch,find -- uvx mcp-shell-serverThird party software. By copying, downloading or installing it you accept the Academy legal notice: you are responsible for reviewing its code and permissions before use.
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An MCP server that lets an AI assistant run shell commands from an allowlist you define. Commands run as argument lists without shell-string interpretation, and it returns stdout, stderr, exit status and execution time. It also enforces timeouts and output size limits.
Development and operations teams that want an assistant to run approved commands on a machine under clear limits. An MCP server that lets an AI assistant run shell commands from an allowlist you define. Commands run as argument lists without shell-string interpretation, and it returns stdout, stderr, exit status and execution time. It also enforces timeouts and output size limits.
Run this in your terminal: claude mcp add shell -e ALLOW_COMMANDS=ls,cat,pwd,grep,wc,touch,find -- uvx mcp-shell-server
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