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amol21p/mcp-interactive-terminal

Brings real interactive terminal sessions to Claude and other AI agents through node-pty and xterm-headless emulation. Handles REPLs (Python, Node, Rails console), SSH sessions, database clients (psql, mysql), Docker exec, and any CLI that needs stdin streaming. Exposes seven tools: create_session spawns a process with full PTY support, send_command pipes input and waits for prompt detection, read_output grabs the current screen buffer, and send_control handles arrow keys and ctrl sequences. Falls back to pipe mode when PTY isn't available. Blocks dangerous patterns (rm -rf, DROP TABLE, curl|bash) behind a separate confirm_dangerous_command tool that requires justification. Solves the problem of agents that can't handle interactive commands because they lack PTY access.

GitHub stars: 15
tools: 7
transport: STDIO
env vars: 3
last updated: Feb 16, 2026

Tools

7 tools

Public tool metadata for what this MCP can expose to an agent.

create_sessionSpawn an interactive process.

Spawn an interactive process.

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

send_commandSend input and get output.

Send input and get output.

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

read_outputRead terminal screen (read-only).

Read terminal screen (read-only).

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

list_sessionsList active sessions (read-only).

List active sessions (read-only).

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

close_sessionKill a session.

Kill a session.

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

send_controlSend control characters.

Send control characters.

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

confirm_dangerous_commandTwo-step safety confirmation.

Two-step safety confirmation.

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

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Configuration

MCP_TERMINAL_MAX_SESSIONS

Maximum concurrent sessions

MCP_TERMINAL_SANDBOX

Enable OS-level kernel sandboxing

MCP_TERMINAL_REDACT_SECRETS

Redact AWS keys, tokens, private keys in output

Readme

mcp-interactive-terminal

MCP server that gives AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) real interactive terminal sessions. Run REPLs, SSH, database clients, and any interactive CLI — with clean text output, smart completion detection, and 7-layer security.

Why This Exists

AI coding agents can't handle interactive commands. There's no PTY, no stdin streaming. You can't run rails console, python, psql, ssh, or any REPL through them. This MCP server fixes that.

AI Agent (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)
    ↕  MCP (JSON-RPC over stdio)
mcp-interactive-terminal
    ↕  node-pty + xterm-headless
Interactive Process (rails console, python, psql, ssh, bash...)
    ↕
Clean text output (exactly what a human would see)

Install

Claude Code

claude mcp add terminal -- npx -y mcp-interactive-terminal

View the full README on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/amol21p/mcp-interactive-terminal
Categories: Cloud & Infrastructure, Developer Tools
Package: mcp-interactive-terminal
Transport: STDIO
Registry: MCP registry, active

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