Install ssh 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": {
"pulsemcp-ssh": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ssh-agent-mcp-server@0.1.5"
],
"env": {
"SSH_HOST": "",
"SSH_USERNAME": "",
"SSH_PORT": "22",
"SSH_AUTH_SOCK": "",
"SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "",
"SSH_PASSPHRASE": "YOUR_SSH_PASSPHRASE",
"SSH_TIMEOUT": "30000",
"SSH_COMMAND_TIMEOUT": "60000",
"ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS": "",
"SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS": "false",
"HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT": "10000"
}
}
}
}