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localhost-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

localhost-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from HasanJahidul/localhost-mcp. It costs 1,045 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for localhost-mcp, an MCP server that inspects development servers running on a computer. MCP is a way for an AI agent to call tools provided by another program.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to list local development servers, inspect ports and process details, find likely leftover servers, and check or resolve port conflicts.
Why use it?
It helps the agent find running local servers, inspect their processes, spot unused servers, and detect port conflicts. It also documents safety limits around stopping processes.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md.

This is HasanJahidul/localhost-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on localhost-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything localhost-mcp configures →

Not installable: its command points at a path on the author’s own machine, so it runs nowhere else. The line is /Users/jahidulhasan/Documents/research/mcp-servers/localhost-mcp.

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Fable 5.1 $0.01045 $0.01045
Opus 5 $0.00522 $0.00522
Sonnet 5 $0.00209 $0.00209
Haiku 4.5 $0.00104 $0.00104

Measured 7d ago against content hash ab4b7f012a7b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

localhost-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 96 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 96 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

localhost-mcp — Project Context

MCP server that inspects local dev servers via lsof + ps. macOS/Linux first, Windows partial. Sibling project to terminal-history-mcp (same author, same TS+npm pattern).

Status

  • Version: 0.1.0 scaffold (this commit)
  • Working dir: /Users/jahidulhasan/Documents/research/mcp-servers/localhost-mcp
  • Wire: claude mcp add --scope user localhost -- localhost-mcp (after npm link)

Architecture

src/
├── cli.ts          Bin entry. Subcommands: (none → server) | server | list | zombies | --version | --help.
├── index.ts        MCP stdio server. Registers 5 tools.
├── scanner.ts      Port scan via lsof (unix) / netstat (win). Returns {port, pid, process, user}.
├── process.ts      ps -o lookup for cmdline/uptime/cpu/rss. cwd via /proc (linux) or lsof (mac). Framework detect from cmdline + package.json sniff.
├── dev-servers.ts  High-level: listDevServers, portInfo, findZombies, portConflict. Whitelist filter.
├── killer.ts       SIGTERM → 5s wait → SIGKILL escalation. Refuses pid<1000. Dry-run unless confirm=true.
└── types.ts        DevServer, ZombieCandidate, Platform.

MCP Tools

Tool Purpose
list_dev_servers All dev servers w/ port/pid/framework/cwd/uptime/mem/cpu
port_info Single port lookup
kill_server Kill by pid OR port. Dry-run unless confirm:true. SIGKILL via force:true
find_zombies Heuristic: uptime>24h + cpu<1% + mem>200MB → 2/3 = zombie
port_conflict Blocking server + 5 free alternatives nearby

Safety

  • kill_server defaults to dry-run.
  • Refuses PIDs < 1000 (system).
  • Whitelist of dev process names in src/dev-servers.ts DEV_PROCESS_WHITELIST.
  • Cmdline regex fallback for runners not in whitelist.

Tech Decisions

  • TS + Node 18+ — match terminal-history-mcp; ESM ("type": "module").
  • No SDK for lsof — shell out to lsof directly via execFile. No deps.
  • No DB — stateless, query live each call. Fast enough; port scan ~50ms.
  • Stdio MCP transport — local tool, no HTTP needed.
  • Zod for kill_server args only — other tools have trivial schemas.

Read the full file on GitHub · 96 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

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localhost-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository HasanJahidul/localhost-mcp (3 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,045 tokens to every session, about $0.0052 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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