# shell-mcp

> shell-mcp — habaandrei-shell-mcp. Use this tool when you need to provide coding agents with secure and controlled shell access, enabling execution of foreground commands with timeouts and background processes with live output inspection. It solves problems related to managing and monitoring shell interactions, ensuring graceful termination of processes. Ideal for use cases requiring reliable and auditable command execution, such as automated testing and deployment pipelines.

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

## Description

Reference MCP server giving coding agents shell access done right: foreground commands with timeouts, background processes with PIDs, live output inspection and graceful termination

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.95
- **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/HabaAndrei/shell-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": "habaandrei-shell-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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