MCP Terminal Server

A secure terminal execution server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This server provides controlled command execution capabilities with security features and resource limits.

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What is the MCP Terminal Server MCP Server?

MCP Terminal Server is an MCP project maintained in the rinardnick/mcp-terminal repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A secure terminal execution server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This server provides controlled command execution capabilities with security features and resource limits”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the MCP Terminal Server MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "terminal": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "pip",
        "run",
        "mcp-terminal",
        "--allowed-commands",
        "python,pip,git,ls,cd",
        "--timeout-ms",
        "30000",
        "--max-output-size",
        "1048576"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.