# rest-pty

> rest-pty — alwitt-rest-pty. Use this tool when you need to manage and interact with terminal sessions remotely over REST and MCP protocols. It solves problems of accessing and controlling PTY sessions from anywhere, enabling use cases such as automated testing and remote system administration. With inputs of REST and MCP requests and outputs of PTY session data, use rest-pty in contexts where remote terminal access is required.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/alwitt-rest-pty  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alwitt-rest-pty

## Description

Terminals as a service — drive PTY sessions over REST and MCP.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.77
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **License:** MIT
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/alwitt/rest-pty)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "alwitt-rest-pty"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alwitt-rest-pty` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alwitt-rest-pty/pull`

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