mcp-server-commands MCP Server

An MCP server to run arbitrary commands

Tools

• run_command - run a command, i.e. hostname or ls -al or echo "hello world" etc
  • Returns STDOUT and STDERR as text

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the server:

npm run build

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Installation

To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-commands": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-server-commands/build/index.js"
    }
  }
}

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.