Terminal MCP Server

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add mcp-server-terminal -e DISPLAY=... -e RUST_LOG=... -- npx -y mcp-server-terminal

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-terminal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-terminal"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISPLAY": "...",
        "RUST_LOG": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

MCP server for AI agents to interact with terminal applications. Think Playwright for terminals.

Questions

Terminal MCP Server is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package mcp-server-terminal.

Run: claude mcp add mcp-server-terminal -e DISPLAY=... -e RUST_LOG=... -- npx -y mcp-server-terminal

Run: codex mcp add mcp-server-terminal --env DISPLAY=... --env RUST_LOG=... -- npx -y mcp-server-terminal

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