About Shell Command MCP
Shell Command MCP is an MCP server published by egoist in the Developer Tools category: mCP server for executing shell commands.
The repository has 63 stars and 5 forks, with the last commit a year ago. Six months or more without a commit doesn't mean the server is broken, but check the open issues before depending on it in production.
Install
git clone https://github.com/egoist/shell-command-mcpThis server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.
Tools (1)
execute_commandExecute a shell command
Parameters not published.
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README
shell-command-mcp
MCP server for executing shell commands.
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Usage
Configure manually
# stdio server
npx -y shell-command-mcp
JSON config
{
"mcpServers": {
"shell-command": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "shell-command-mcp"],
"env": {
"ALLOWED_COMMANDS": "cat,ls,echo"
}
}
}
}
Allowed commands
Use ALLOWED_COMMANDS environment variable to explictly allow the commands that this server can run, separate each command by ,. You can use * to allow any command, but this is potentially dangerous.
License
MIT.
README fetched from the repository 4 days ago. The original is authoritative.