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Shell Exec

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Shell Execution MCP Server for Claude and other MCP-compatible AI assistants

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About Shell Exec

Shell Exec is an MCP server published by domdomegg in the Developer Tools category: shell Execution MCP Server for Claude and other MCP-compatible AI assistants.

The repository has 9 stars and 2 forks, with the last commit 2 days ago. Recent commit activity is the strongest signal that reported issues will get attention.

Install

Claude Code
claude mcp add shell-exec -- npx -y shell-exec-mcp
npx
npx -y shell-exec-mcp

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Tools (2)

executeRun a bash command (with optional timeout and background mode)

Parameters not published.

get_job_statusCheck status of a background job

Parameters not published.

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README

shell-exec-mcp

MCP server for executing bash commands with background job support.

Use Cases

Run build commands: Execute npm run build, make, or other build tools and get the output.

File operations: Use find, grep, mv, rm, mkdir -p, stat etc. for file management.

Long-running tasks: Start servers or watch processes in background mode, check on them later.

System info: Run df -h, ps aux, env etc. to inspect the system state.

Setup

claude mcp add shell-exec-mcp -- npx -y shell-exec-mcp

Or with HTTP transport:

# Start the server
MCP_TRANSPORT=http PORT=3000 npx -y shell-exec-mcp

# Add to Claude
claude mcp add --transport http shell-exec-mcp http://localhost:3000/mcp

Tools

Tool Description
execute Run a bash command (with optional timeout and background mode)
get_job_status Check status of a background job

Contributing

Pull requests are welcomed on GitHub! To get started:

  1. Install Git and Node.js
  2. Clone the repository
  3. Install dependencies with npm install
  4. Run npm run test to run tests
  5. Build with npm run build

Releases

Versions follow the semantic versioning spec.

To release:

  1. Use npm version <major | minor | patch> to bump the version
  2. Run git push --follow-tags to push with tags
  3. Wait for GitHub Actions to publish to the NPM registry.

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Questions

About Shell Exec

How do I install Shell Exec?

Run claude mcp add shell-exec -- npx -y shell-exec-mcp, then add the server to your MCP client's configuration.

Is Shell Exec safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 37 out of 100 (low). It passes 1 of the 1 static security checks run so far. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Shell Exec still maintained?

Yes — the last commit was 2 days ago. The repository has 9 stars and 2 forks.