nomad

中文说明

nomad is a local MCP server for agentic remote development.

It helps an AI coding agent work with a remote machine while keeping the source of truth on your local workstation: sync code with rsync, run short commands over SSH, manage long-running jobs in remote tmux sessions, diagnose network issues, and pull generated artifacts back into the local project.

Any MCP-enabled agent environment that can start a stdio server with a command and arguments can use nomad.

Features

• Multi-target remote workspaces per local project.

• Project-local .nomad.json configuration with schema hints exposed through MCP.

• SSH preflight checks and read-only network diagnostics.

• Incremental rsync push with .gitignore conversion and --delete dry-run protection.

• Remote artifact pull into project-owned local directories.

• Short remote command execution with output truncation.

• Long-running remote task management through tmux.

• Optional persistent reverse SSH tunnel for sharing a local proxy with remote jobs.

• Path guards, dangerous-command checks, and secret redaction for safer agent workflows.

Related MCP server: ssh-mcp

Requirements

• Python 3.11+

• ssh

• rsync

• tmux on remote machines when using long-running tasks

• Key-based SSH access to your remote targets

Installation

Run directly with uvx:

uvx nomad-mcp

Or install it as an isolated global command with pipx:

pipx install nomad-mcp

MCP Client Configuration

Use nomad as a stdio MCP server. The exact config file depends on your client.

Recommended no-install configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nomad": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["nomad-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

For TOML-based clients:

[mcp_servers.nomad]
command = "uvx"
args = ["nomad-mcp"]
startup_timeout_sec = 120

If you installed with pipx, use the installed command instead:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nomad": {
      "command": "nomad",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

You can also print config snippets with:

nomad client-config
nomad client-config --runner nomad --format toml

Quick Start

1. Open an MCP-enabled agent in your local project directory.

2. Ask it to call init_discover.

3. Choose an SSH target and remote workspace path.

4. Ask it to save a .nomad.json config with init_save_config.

5. Push code with sync_push.

6. Run short commands with run_remote.

7. Run long jobs with task_start, then monitor them with task_status or task_list.

8. Pull remote artifacts with sync_pull.

Example .nomad.json

{
  "project_name": "my_project",
  "mode": "remote",
  "default_target": "devbox",
  "targets": {
    "devbox": {
      "description": "Primary remote development machine",
      "ssh_host": "devbox",
      "remote_path": "/data/my_project",
      "local_subpath": null,
      "auto_create_remote_path": true,
      "network": {
        "use_proxy_for_ssh": false,
        "jump_host": null,
        "reverse_tunnel": {
          "enabled": false,
          "proxy_scheme": "socks5"
        }
      },
      "sync": {
        "respect_gitignore": true,
        "extra_excludes": []
      },
      "runtime": {
        "interpreter": null,
        "extra_env": {}
      },
      "limits": {
        "command_timeout_seconds": 60,
        "max_output_lines": 200,
        "max_output_bytes": 10240
      }
    }
  }
}

run_remote uses limits.command_timeout_seconds. For downloads, builds, training, fuzzing, and other slow work, prefer task_start so the job runs in a remote tmux session and can be checked later.

Tools

• init_discover: inspect the local workspace, SSH aliases, and proxy settings.

• init_verify_and_probe: verify SSH reachability and probe remote hardware/runtimes.

• init_save_config: validate and save .nomad.json.

• init_probe_target: refresh hardware/runtime information for a target.

• sync_push: push local code to the remote workspace.

• sync_pull: pull a remote file or directory into local remote_artifacts/.

• run_remote: run a short command in the remote workspace.

• task_start: start a long-running tmux task.

• task_status: inspect one task and return a log tail.

• task_list: list project-owned tasks across targets.

• task_kill: stop a task without deleting its logs.

• net_diagnose: run read-only SSH/network diagnostics.

• tunnel_start, tunnel_status, tunnel_stop: manage persistent reverse tunnels.

Safety Notes

nomad can execute commands over SSH and synchronize files with rsync. Use it only with trusted local projects and trusted remote machines.

The server includes guardrails such as local/remote path checks, dangerous-command blocking, .nomad.json sync exclusion, secret redaction, output truncation, and rsync --delete dry-run protection. These guardrails reduce risk, but they do not turn an untrusted agent or remote machine into a trusted one.

Development

python -m pip install -e .[dev]
nomad --version
nomad doctor
python -m pytest
python -m compileall -q src tests

License

MIT