# shell-session-mcp

> shell-session-mcp — carefuldeveloper-shell-session-mcp. Use this tool when you need to establish persistent, interactive shell sessions for MCP agents, enabling seamless bidirectional communication and stateful command execution. It solves problems of incremental data exchange and step-by-step command execution, providing a robust interface for inputs and outputs via pseudo-terminals. Ideal for use cases requiring continuous, interactive shell interactions across multiple steps or sessions.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/carefuldeveloper-shell-session-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/carefuldeveloper-shell-session-mcp

## Description

Provides persistent interactive shell sessions via pseudo-terminals for MCP agents, enabling bidirectional communication, incremental reads, and stateful command execution across steps.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/mvoyvaf2oz)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/CarefulDeveloper/shell-session-mcp>

## 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": "carefuldeveloper-shell-session-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/carefuldeveloper-shell-session-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/carefuldeveloper-shell-session-mcp/pull`

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