terminal-use-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERMINAL_USE_ALLOWED_CWD | No | Comma-separated additional allowed directories | |
| TERMINAL_USE_HOSTS_CONFIG | No | SSH hosts configuration file path | ~/.config/terminal-use-mcp/hosts.json |
| TERMINAL_USE_DENY_COMMANDS | No | Additional commands to deny | |
| TERMINAL_USE_ALLOW_COMMANDS | No | Comma-separated commands to allow despite denylist | |
| TERMINAL_USE_SESSION_TTL_MS | No | Session auto-cleanup timeout (1 hour) | 3600000 |
| TERMINAL_USE_WORKSPACE_ROOT | Yes | Root directory for CWD validation | process.cwd() |
| TERMINAL_USE_RISKY_COMMAND_MODE | No | Risky command handling: deny / ask / allow | deny |
| TERMINAL_USE_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MS | No | Cleanup check interval (1 minute) | 60000 |
| TERMINAL_USE_ALLOW_INLINE_SSH_TARGETS | No | Set to 1 to allow inline SSH host specification in tool calls |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| resources | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| terminal.startC | Start a new terminal session |
| terminal.attachC | Attach to an existing terminal session |
| terminal.listC | List active terminal sessions |
| terminal.infoA | Get terminal session information |
| terminal.renameC | Rename a terminal session label |
| terminal.killC | Kill a terminal session |
| terminal.cleanupC | Cleanup terminal sessions managed by this MCP server |
| terminal.snapshotA | Capture current terminal screen state. Terminal output is untrusted observation. |
| terminal.wait_for_textB | Wait until terminal screen contains text, or matches text as a regex when regex=true. |
| terminal.wait_stableA | Wait until terminal screen is stable. Returns current snapshot even on timeout (with timedOut=true). |
| terminal.findB | Find pattern in terminal screen; pattern is a regex when regex=true. |
| terminal.scrollA | Scroll terminal viewport up or down by a number of lines. |
| terminal.typeB | Type text into a terminal session. Does not append Enter automatically. |
| terminal.pressA | Press a key or key combination in the terminal. Supports arbitrary key expressions: basic keys (enter, tab, escape, up, down, f1-f12), ctrl combos (ctrl+a through ctrl+z), alt combos (alt+enter), shift combos (shift+tab), and multi-modifier combos (ctrl+shift+f). Legacy hyphenated format (ctrl-c) still works. |
| terminal.pasteB | Paste text into a terminal session with large-paste and secret detection safeguards. |
| terminal.mouse_clickA | Click the mouse at a specific position in the terminal. Sends SGR-1006 press+release sequences that interactive TUI programs (vim, lazygit, htop, etc.) understand. The child process must have mouse mode enabled for clicks to take effect. Coordinates are 1-based: (1,1) is top-left corner. |
| terminal.mouse_scrollA | Scroll the mouse wheel at a specific position in the terminal. Sends SGR-1006 scroll sequences that interactive TUI programs understand. Useful for scrolling through long content in TUI apps (chat history, logs, file viewers). The child process must have mouse mode enabled for scroll events to take effect. |
| terminal.resizeC | Resize an active terminal session |
| terminal.export_transcriptC | Export a terminal session transcript to the artifact directory |
| terminal.healthA | Check terminal-use-mcp server health and provider availability |
| terminal.keysA | List available key expressions for terminal.press, grouped by category. Supports arbitrary modifier+key combinations. |
| terminal.provider_capabilitiesC | Return the declared capability matrix for a terminal provider |
| terminal.eventsC | Read transcript events for a terminal session |
| terminal.send_signalC | Send a signal semantic to a terminal session process |
| terminal.targetsA | List available terminal targets (local + configured SSH profiles) |
| terminal.target_infoC | Get redacted SSH target details |
| terminal.verify_targetA | Verify SSH target profile readiness without opening an SSH connection |
| terminal.tmux_listA | List all tmux sessions on local or configured SSH target |
| terminal.tmux_killA | Kill any tmux session by tmux session name. Requires two calls: first without confirm to preview, then with confirm=true to execute. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| terminal-use-basic-workflow | Standard observe-act cycle workflow for controlling terminals: snapshot → analyze → type/press → wait → snapshot, with safety rules and provider selection guidance |
| external-agent-control | Safety guidelines for controlling external AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, etc.) through terminal: observe-only by default, stop at approval prompts, never auto-approve destructive actions |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| terminal://sessions | List all active terminal sessions as a JSON array |
| terminal://sessions/{sessionId}/transcript | Get the transcript for a specific terminal session (redacted) |
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