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open-session

MCP tool from Ssh MCP by tufantunc

Create a named interactive (stateful) or background session

How to use it

open-session is exposed by the Ssh MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the open-session tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Ssh MCP

$claude mcp add --transport stdio ssh-mcp -- ssh-mcp
FULL SSH MCP LISTING

Other tools in Ssh MCP (13)

close-session

Close a session, releasing resources

exec

read-command

list-connections

Discover available hosts and connection status

list-sessions

List active sessions per host

privileged-command

Execute with sudo (always requires approval)

read-command

Execute allowlisted read-only commands (ls, cat, grep, ...)

read-session-output

Read output from background sessions (e.g., tail -f)

run-command

Execute arbitrary commands (destructive ones need approval)

sftp-download

Download a file via SFTP

sftp-upload

Upload a file via SFTP

signal-process

Send INT/TERM/KILL to a remote PID

sudo-exec

privileged-command

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