Prateek-Term

A modern macOS terminal with SSH, Serial, SFTP & native MCP support for AI agents

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The first macOS terminal with native MCP support

Prateek-Term is more than a terminal emulator. It exposes 11 MCP tools that let AI agents (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or any MCP client) connect to SSH devices, run commands, transfer files, and manage sessions — all through a standardized protocol.

No plugins. No wrappers. Built in.

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Features

Terminal

• xterm.js with 256-color / true-color support, Catppuccin Mocha theme
• Multi-tab (Cmd+T) and multi-window (tear off any tab)
• Tab groups — tabs auto-grouped by connection tags (HOME, AWS, etc.) with colored labels; drag tabs between groups, collapse/expand groups
• Bracketed paste for safe multi-line input
• Middle-click paste from clipboard

SSH / Serial / File Transfer

• SSH with PEM/identity file support, custom SSH options, ssh-config import/export
• Telnet with configurable host, port, and options
• SFTP with PEM support and drag-and-drop file upload from Finder
• SCP with legacy protocol support (-O flag) for embedded/BusyBox devices
• FTP interactive client
• Serial with configurable baud rate, data bits, stop bits, parity

Connection Manager

• Save, edit, and organize connection profiles per protocol
• Custom Actions — define per-profile scripts that execute instantly in the terminal
• Export / Import profiles and actions as JSON

MCP for AI Agents

11 tools available over stdio transport:

Tool	Description
list_profiles	List all saved connection profiles
list_sessions	List active terminal sessions
connect	Open an SSH/Telnet/Serial session by profile name
run_command	Execute a command in a session and wait for output
send_input	Send raw input to a session (for prompts, passwords)
read_output	Read the latest output from a session
disconnect	Close a session
get_status	Get the current state of a session
upload_file	Upload a local file to a remote host via SCP
download_file	Download a remote file to local via SCP
list_serial_ports	List available serial ports on the host

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Quick Start

Install

Download the latest DMG from Releases, open it, and drag Prateek-Term to Applications.

Enable MCP

1. Open Prateek-Term
2. Go to Settings (gear icon) and click Register MCP Server
3. Restart Claude Desktop or Claude Code

That's it. Claude can now see and use Prateek-Term's MCP tools.

Example: AI-driven SSH session

Claude: "Connect to my staging server and check disk usage"

→ connect(profileName: "staging-server")
→ run_command(session_id: "1", command: "df -h")
→ Returns formatted disk usage output

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Development

npm install          # install dependencies
npm start            # run in development mode
npm test             # run test suite (354 tests)
npm run lint         # lint source

Build

npm run dist:arm64   # builds DMG + ZIP for Apple Silicon

Requirements

• macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon / arm64)
• Node.js 18+

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License

PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0