# mcp-ssh-vps

> MCP server for managing VPS via SSH - gives AI agents secure access to remote servers

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-ssh-vps/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/LuxVTZ/sshmcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/LuxVTZ/sshmcp#readme
- version: 0.7.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, ssh, vps, ai, automation, claude, llm, model-context-protocol
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-ssh-vps

### Description (declared)

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  <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mcp-ssh-vps?color=blue&label=PyPI" alt="PyPI">
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/mcp-ssh-vps" alt="Python">
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<h1 align="center">🔐 SSH MCP Server</h1>

<p align="center">
  <b>Give AI agents secure access to your VPS servers via SSH</b><br>
  Execute commands, transfer files, manage processes — all through Model Context Protocol
</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="#-quick-start">Quick Start</a> •
  <a href="#-features">Features</a> •
  <a href="#-ide-integration">IDE Integration</a> •
  <a href="#-tools-reference">Tools</a> •
  <a href="#-security">Security</a>
</p>

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## 🚀 Quick Start

### Install

```bash
# Via pip
pip install mcp-ssh-vps

# Via uvx (recommended for MCP)
uvx mcp-ssh-vps
```

### Add Your First Server

```bash
# Interactive setup
uvx mcp-ssh-vps --help

# Or use the CLI
sshmcp-cli server add --name prod --host 192.168.1.100 --user deploy
sshmcp-cli server test prod
```

### Connect to Your AI Agent

Add to your AI IDE config and start managing servers with natural language!

```
"Deploy my app to the production server"
"Check disk space on all servers"
"Restart nginx on web1 and web2"
```

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## ✨ Features

| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| 🖥️ **Execute Commands** | Run any shell command on remote servers |
| 📁 **File Operations** | Read, write, and list files via SFTP |
| 📂 **Directory Transfer** | rsync-like upload/download/sync directories |
| 🔗 **SSH Tunnels** | Local and remote port forwarding |
| 💻 **Interactive Shell** | PTY-based shell sessions for interactive work |
| ⚙️ **Process Management** | Control systemd, pm2, supervisor services |
| 📊 **Command History** | Track and search executed commands |
| 🚨 **Monitoring Alerts** | CPU/memory/disk usage alerts |
| 🏷…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-ssh-vps/ (first seen 2026-09-10T04:23:20.227Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-ssh-vps/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-ssh-vps · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-ssh-vps