com.pulsemcp/ssh

com.pulsemcp/ssh·v0.1.5·Other

MCP server for SSH remote server management with SSH agent authentication support.

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Using com.pulsemcp/ssh in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

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Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | sh

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-08-05 11:01 UTC

screened 2026-07-06tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“No malicious instructions found”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

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Environment variables

SSH_HOST

required

Hostname or IP address of the SSH server.

SSH_USERNAME

required

Username for SSH authentication.

SSH_PORT

SSH port number.

SSH_AUTH_SOCK

Path to SSH agent socket for agent-based authentication.

SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH

Path to private key file for direct key authentication.

SSH_PASSPHRASE

secret

Passphrase for encrypted private key.

SSH_TIMEOUT

Connection timeout in milliseconds.

SSH_COMMAND_TIMEOUT

Default command activity timeout in milliseconds.

ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS

Comma-separated list of tool groups to enable (readonly, write, admin).

SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS

Skip SSH connection health check on startup.

HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT

Health check timeout in milliseconds.

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ssh-agent-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_HOST": "<ssh_host>",
        "SSH_USERNAME": "<ssh_username>",
        "SSH_PORT": "22",
        "SSH_AUTH_SOCK": "<ssh_auth_sock>",
        "SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<ssh_private_key_path>",
        "SSH_PASSPHRASE": "<your-ssh_passphrase>",
        "SSH_TIMEOUT": "30000",
        "SSH_COMMAND_TIMEOUT": "60000",
        "ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS": "<enabled_toolgroups>",
        "SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS": "false",
        "HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT": "10000"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ssh-agent-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_HOST": "<ssh_host>",
        "SSH_USERNAME": "<ssh_username>",
        "SSH_PORT": "22",
        "SSH_AUTH_SOCK": "<ssh_auth_sock>",
        "SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<ssh_private_key_path>",
        "SSH_PASSPHRASE": "<your-ssh_passphrase>",
        "SSH_TIMEOUT": "30000",
        "SSH_COMMAND_TIMEOUT": "60000",
        "ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS": "<enabled_toolgroups>",
        "SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS": "false",
        "HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT": "10000"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y ssh-agent-mcp-server

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user ssh -- npx -y ssh-agent-mcp-server

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user ssh npx -y ssh-agent-mcp-server

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/com-pulsemcp-ssh

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.1.5
category: Other
verdict expires: 2026-08-05
quality: 80 / 100
operator: pulsemcp

Provenance

Verdict history is anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps. The anchor proof is public and any skeptic can recompute it offline.

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