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A toolkit for managing Claude desktop app extension configurations, enabling features like Brave search, file operations, Git/GitHub integration, shell access, web scraping, HTTP requests, AWS documentation search, and Obsidian note management.

Enables AI agents to manage virtualization, Active Directory, Windows hosts via WinRM, PostgreSQL databases, and shell/SSH environments through Model Context Protocol tools.

Enables ChatGPT to access approved local Windows folders, run commands, control the desktop, and manage session history through a permission-bounded MCP server.

Enables ChatGPT's web interface to operate a real Mac by executing shell commands and reading or writing files over a reverse SSH tunnel, without installing a client or consuming API quota.

A collection of Model Context Protocol servers that enable Claude Desktop to provide development assistance capabilities with filesystem, Git, shell command, and web search functionality without incurring API usage costs.

MCP server for running shell commands on a Linux development board via UART serial.

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AI-native security research platform that integrates Claude with MCP to execute real offensive security tools in an isolated Docker container, enabling natural language-driven recon, CVE scanning, Active Directory enumeration, and cryptographic posture assessment.

Enables interaction with Slurm HPC clusters via SSH, allowing job submission, monitoring, and error diagnosis through MCP clients like Claude Desktop.

An MCP Server that enables natural language interaction with the Open Policy Agent REST API, allowing users to manage policies, decisions, and data through conversational interfaces.

Exposes persistent, stateful remote Bash sessions to AI agents via SSH, enabling command execution with preserved working directory and environment.

A local MCP server that gives Claude in the browser tools to interact with a Fedora machine, including file operations, system diagnostics, build tasks, and root actions via Polkit.

An MCP (Multi-Agent Conversation Protocol) server that enables interaction with Google's Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory through its OpenAPI, allowing users to manage identity resources through natural language.

A single-purpose MCP server that lets an AI assistant run commands over SSH on a fixed, pre-configured host only, with an explicit per-call confirmation gate before execution.

Enables AI agents to securely use real secrets (API keys, database passwords) by requiring human approval for each release, ensuring secrets never enter the model's context.

Enables LLMs to interact with remote servers via SSH, supporting command execution, file upload/download, and directory listing.

MCP server for managing remote servers via SSH, enabling command execution, file transfer, rsync, tunnels, health checks, backups, and database operations.

A TypeScript-based server that enables programmatic management of pseudo-terminal sessions. It allows users to spawn, control, and interact with terminal processes in real-time through the Model Context Protocol.

A production-ready MCP server that enables AI assistants to execute shell commands, manage files, monitor system resources, and automate complex workflows with advanced features like stock tracking and web automation.

MCP server that lets Claude Code drive the local Codex CLI as a sub-agent for concurrent queries and optional file/shell actions, using the CLI's existing login and sessions.