Install MCP SSH Gateway for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"d00mus-mcp-ssh": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-ssh-gateway"
],
"env": {
"SSH_SERVERS_CONFIG": "",
"SSH_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "",
"SSH_READ_ONLY": "",
"SSH_COMMAND_BLACKLIST": ""
}
}
}
}