mcp-shell: Give hands to AI. MCP server to run shell commands securely, auditably, and on demand

by sonirico · MCP Server · ★ 107

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How to install mcp-shell

docker run -it --rm -v /tmp/mcp-workspace:/tmp/mcp-workspace sonirico/mcp-shell:latest
git clone https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell && cd mcp-shell

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 75/100

Flagged: sudo usage. Scanned against 42 published rules built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

The quality score combines nine heuristic checks of the repo and its README: completeness, clarity, specificity, examples, structure, agent readiness, step-by-step content, instruction quality and security notes. It rates how well the project explains itself to an agent, not the code.

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Quick Facts

Stars107
Forks20
LanguageGo
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseGPL-3.0
Quality Score75/100
Open Issues1
Last Updated2026-09-25
Created2025-05-24
Platformsgo, mcp
Est. Tokens~16k

About mcp-shell

mcp-shell MCP server that runs shell commands. Your LLM gets a tool; you get control over what runs and how. Built on mark3labs/mcp-go. Written in Go. Run it Docker (easiest): From source: Configure it Security is off by default.

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How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy: 42 published rules, covering credential harvesting, data exfiltration, curl | sh installers and more. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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