Unix Manual Server (MCP)

An MCP server that provides Unix command documentation directly within Claude conversations.

Features

• Get command documentation: Retrieve help pages, man pages, and usage information for Unix commands

• List common commands: Discover available commands on your system, categorized by function

• Check command existence: Verify if a specific command is available and get its version information

Related MCP server: MCP Server for FTP Access

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.13+

• Claude Desktop or any MCP-compatible client

Setup

1. Clone this repository

2. Install the package:

3. Install the server in Claude Desktop:

Usage

Once installed, you can use the server's tools directly in Claude:

Get command documentation

List common commands

Check if a command exists

Development

To test the server locally without installing it in Claude:

Security

The server takes precautions to prevent command injection by:

• Validating command names against a regex pattern

• Executing commands directly without using shell

• Setting timeouts on all command executions

• Only checking for documentation, never executing arbitrary commands

Logging

Logs are saved to unix-manual-server.log in the same directory as the script, useful for debugging.

• use @modelcontextprotocol/inspector with npx under the hood.

License

MIT

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