SSH connection manager with MCP server for AI-assisted operations across servers.
Hop MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. SSH connection manager with MCP server for AI-assisted operations across servers.
Stop typing long SSH commands. Just hop prod and you're in.
Once Hop is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
list_connections — List connections, filter by project/env/tagsearch_connections — Fuzzy search across all connectionsget_connection — Get details for a specific connectionresolve_target — Preview how a target pattern resolveslist_groups — List all named groupsget_history — Connection usage historybuild_ssh_command — Build the full SSH command stringTheming — The dashboard ships with sixteen color presets — each popular theme has both a dark and a light variant, listed separately so you can pick whicheverTargeting — Commands like exec and open accept a target that resolves to one or more connections. The target is matched in this order:Examples — The Examples tool exposed by this serverSetup — Or generate the Claude Desktop config automatically: bash hop mcp --print-client-config # read-only hop mcp --print-client-config --allow-exec # withTools — To enable remote command execution, start with --allow-exec:Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Hop's toolset — list_connections, search_connections, get_connection and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by danmartuszewski; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_connections | List connections, filter by project/env/tag |
| search_connections | Fuzzy search across all connections |
| get_connection | Get details for a specific connection |
| resolve_target | Preview how a target pattern resolves |
| list_groups | List all named groups |
| get_history | Connection usage history |
| build_ssh_command | Build the full SSH command string |
| Theming | The dashboard ships with sixteen color presets — each popular theme has both a dark and a light variant, listed separately so you can pick whichever you want regardless of your terminal background. Press T to browse them |
| Targeting | Commands like exec and open accept a **target** that resolves to one or more connections. The target is matched in this order: |
| Examples | The Examples tool exposed by this server. |
| Setup | Or generate the Claude Desktop config automatically: bash hop mcp --print-client-config # read-only hop mcp --print-client-config --allow-exec # with remote exec enabled |
| Tools | To enable remote command execution, start with --allow-exec: |
| Resources | The Resources tool exposed by this server. |
| Security | The Security tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"hop": {
"command": "hop",
"args": ["mcp"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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