A server that provides background process management capabilities, enabling LLMs to start, stop, and monitor long-running command-line processes.
If you already use Background Process MCP, the background process mcp mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. A server that provides background process management capabilities, enabling LLMs to start, stop, and monitor long-running command-line processes.
@waylaidwanderer/background-process-mcp on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
start_process — Description: Starts a new process in the backgroundParameters — - command (string): The shell command to executeReturns — A confirmation message with the new process IDstop_process — Description: Stops a running processclear_process — Description: Clears a stopped process from the listget_process_output — Description: Gets the recent output for a process. Can specify head for the first N lines or tail for the last N lineslist_processes — Description: Gets a list of all processes being managed by the Core Serviceget_server_status — Description: Gets the current status of the Core ServicePlenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Background Process MCP's toolset — start_process, Parameters, Returns and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| start_process | Description: Starts a new process in the background. |
| Parameters | - command (string): The shell command to execute. |
| Returns | A confirmation message with the new process ID. |
| stop_process | Description: Stops a running process. |
| clear_process | Description: Clears a stopped process from the list. |
| get_process_output | Description: Gets the recent output for a process. Can specify head for the first N lines or tail for the last N lines. |
| list_processes | Description: Gets a list of all processes being managed by the Core Service. |
| get_server_status | Description: Gets the current status of the Core Service. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"backgroundProcess": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@waylaidwanderer/background-process-mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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