Linux Bash MCP Server

# 🔄 Configuration Safety Update Summary ## ✅ What's New - Safe Configuration Merging Your Linux Bash MCP Server setup script has been **significantly enhanced** to safely work with existing Claude Desktop configurations. ## 🛡️ Key Safety Features Added ### 1. **Intelligent Configuration Merging** - ✅ **Preserves ALL existing MCP servers** - ✅ **Only adds/updates the 'linux-bash' server** - ✅ **Never overwrites or removes existing configurations** - ✅ **Shows clear before/after summary** ### 2. **Automatic Backup Protection** - ✅ **Detects invalid JSON** and creates automatic backups - ✅ **Handles missing configuration files** gracefully - ✅ **Creates timestamped backups** when needed - ✅ **Safe recovery** from configuration errors ### 3. **Enhanced User Feedback** - ✅ **Shows existing MCP servers** before making changes - ✅ **Indicates whether adding new or updating existing** server - ✅ **Lists all final configured servers** after setup - ✅ **Confirms preservation** of existing configurations ### 4. **Configuration Management Tools** - ✅ **New configuration checker utility**: `npm run check-config` - ✅ **Backup functionality**: `npm run check-config -- --backup` - ✅ **Validation and troubleshooting** built-in ## 📋 Example Setup Output ```bash npm run setup # During configuration: 📄 Found existing Claude Desktop configuration 📋 Existing MCP servers: • memory-bank • powershell-tools • file-manager ➕ Adding new 'linux-bash' MCP server ✅ Configuration updated 📋 All configured MCP servers: 📌 memory-bank 📌 powershell-tools 📌 file-manager 🆕 linux-bash (newly added) 🔧 Claude Desktop Integration: ✅ MCP server 'linux-bash' has been added to your Claude Desktop configuration ✅ Existing MCP servers have been preserved ✅ No existing configurations were modified or removed ``` ## 🔧 New Utility Commands ### Check Configuration ```bash # View all configured MCP servers npm run check-config # Create backup of configuration npm run check-config -- --backup # Get help npm run check-config -- --help ``` ### Example Configuration Check Output ``` 🔍 Claude Desktop Configuration Checker 📄 Config file: C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json ✅ Config file exists (2.34 KB) 📅 Last modified: 6/6/2025, 10:30:00 AM 🛠️ Configured MCP Servers: 📌 memory-bank: Command: npx Args: @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory 📌 linux-bash: Command: node Args: D:\claude\linux-bash-mcp-server\src\index.js Environment: WSL_DISTRIBUTION: Ubuntu 🐧 Linux Bash MCP Server - WSL Distribution: Ubuntu ✅ Configuration file is valid JSON ``` ## 🚀 What This Means for You ### **Before This Update:** - ❌ Risk of overwriting existing MCP servers - ❌ Manual configuration merging required - ❌ No safety checks for invalid configurations - ❌ Limited visibility into configuration changes ### **After This Update:** - ✅ **Complete safety** - existing servers always preserved - ✅ **Automatic intelligent merging** - no manual work needed - ✅ **Built-in safety checks** and automatic backups - ✅ **Full transparency** - see exactly what's being changed - ✅ **Easy troubleshooting** with configuration checker - ✅ **Multi-server compatibility** clearly documented ## 📋 Quick Start (Same as Before) ```bash # This is still all you need to do: cd D:\claude\debian-bash-mcp-server npm run setup # Now with complete safety for existing configurations! ``` ## 🔗 Integration Benefits Your Linux Bash MCP Server now works seamlessly alongside: - **PowerShell MCP Server** - Windows commands - **Memory MCP Server** - Persistent notes - **File MCP Server** - File operations - **Git MCP Server** - Version control - **Any other MCP servers** you have configured ## 🎉 Ready to Use Your setup is now **completely safe** and will never interfere with your existing MCP server configurations. Run the setup with confidence! --- **📖 For full documentation, see the updated README.md file.**