Install SSH Session MCP 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": {
"zw-awa-ssh-session-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ssh-session-mcp@2.7.1"
],
"env": {
"SSH_MCP_CONFIG": "",
"SSH_MCP_INSTANCE": "",
"VIEWER_PORT": "",
"VIEWER_HOST": "",
"AUTO_OPEN_TERMINAL": "",
"SSH_MCP_MODE": "",
"SSH_MCP_LOCAL": "",
"SSH_MCP_DEBUG": "",
"SSH_HOST": "",
"SSH_PORT": "",
"SSH_USER": "",
"SSH_PASSWORD": "YOUR_SSH_PASSWORD",
"SSH_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}