ssh-mcp-ops

ssh-mcp-ops is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Echoqili/ssh-licco. It costs 33 tokens per session (2,219 once invoked), scanned D, original, MIT.

An operations guide for ssh-licco, a server that lets AI models use SSH to connect to remote computers.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it during remote server operations, especially when choosing between MCP tools, the ssh-licco command-line tool, and a Python Paramiko script.
Why use it?
It provides a defined fallback order for connecting, running commands, transferring files, and managing Docker when some tools are unavailable.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/echoqili/ssh-licco/ssh-mcp-ops
Any agent
npx skills add Echoqili/ssh-licco --skill ssh-mcp-ops
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Echoqili/ssh-licco

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for ssh-mcp-ops

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/echoqili/ssh-licco/ssh-mcp-ops.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/skills/echoqili/ssh-licco/ssh-mcp-ops)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/echoqili/ssh-licco/ssh-mcp-ops"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/echoqili/ssh-licco/ssh-mcp-ops.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 33 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,219 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan D 3 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00033 $0.02219
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.01110
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00444
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00222

Measured 3d ago against content hash 4acb832e2eaa, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade D, and why

ssh-mcp-ops scanned grade D with 3 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 3d 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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

sudo systemctl restart sshd

Reaches for credential fileshighPrivilege escalation

SSH keys, cloud credentials, git-credentials, .npmrc, /etc/shadow: reading these is how a config file becomes a credential leak.

ssh_generate_key, key_type=rsa, key_size=4096, save_path=~/.ssh/id_rsa

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

4. ssh_execute, command=curl localhost
.trae/skills/ssh-mcp-ops/SKILL.md · 289 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 289 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SSH MCP Operations Guide

Tool Calling Priority

When executing server operations, tools must be called in the following priority order:

1️⃣ MCP Tools (ssh_connect, ssh_execute, etc.)  ← Always use first
         ↓ If MCP tools are unavailable/not loaded in current session
2️⃣ CLI Tool (ssh-licco exec)                    ← Second choice
         │ Note: Use SSH_SECURITY_LEVEL=relaxed mode
         │       Set SSH_EXTRA_ALLOWED_COMMANDS for non-whitelist commands
         ↓ If CLI tool is also not available
3️⃣ Python Paramiko Script                        ← Last resort

How to determine which layer to use

Indicator Use
MCP tools appear in your tool list 1️⃣ MCP tools - direct invocation
MCP tools not in tool list, but ssh-licco command works 2️⃣ CLI - ssh-licco exec with relaxed mode
Neither MCP nor CLI available 3️⃣ Python paramiko - write inline Python script

CLI usage pattern

# Set relaxed mode to allow pipes, redirects, etc.
$env:SSH_SECURITY_LEVEL="relaxed"

# Set extra allowed commands for non-default tools
$env:SSH_EXTRA_ALLOWED_COMMANDS="pg_isready,psql"

# Execute command
ssh-licco exec --host <ip> -u <user> --password <pwd> "<command>"

7 Core Tools

# Tool Description
1 ssh_connect Connect to SSH server (auto-reads env vars / saved config)
2 ssh_execute Execute commands (auto-connect, background, long tasks)
3 ssh_disconnect Disconnect or list active sessions
4 ssh_file_transfer Upload/download/list files via SFTP
5 ssh_host Manage server configs (list/add/remove)
6 ssh_docker Docker management (ps/images/build/logs)
7 ssh_generate_key Generate SSH key pairs

Quick Reference

Connect (auto-login with env vars)

ssh_connect

Or with params:

ssh_connect, host=43.143.207.242, username=root, password=xxx

Or using saved config:

ssh_connect, name=production

Read the full file on GitHub · 289 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.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 289 lines · 33 tokens per session scan D 4acb832e2eaa

Subscribe to this mod's changes

ssh-mcp-ops is a skill published in the GitHub repository Echoqili/ssh-licco (3 stars, last pushed 16d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 33 tokens to every session and 2,219 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it D with 3 findings (asks for root, reaches for credential files, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

Related

Other skills, from other repositories

systematic-debugging

Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes.

obra/superpowers · 21 tokens

brainstorming

You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.

obra/superpowers · 37 tokens

auto-perf-optimize

Run agent-driven VS Code performance or memory investigations. Use when asked to launch Code OSS, automate a VS Code scenario, run the Chat memory smoke runner, capture renderer heap snapshots, take workflow screenshots, compare run summaries, or drive a repeatable scenario before heap-snapshot analysis.

microsoft/vscode · 62 tokens

chat-perf

Run chat perf benchmarks and memory leak checks against the local dev build or any published VS Code version. Use when investigating chat rendering regressions, validating perf-sensitive changes to chat UI, or checking for memory leaks in the chat response pipeline.

microsoft/vscode · 51 tokens

chat-pet-sprite-creation

Use when creating or changing VS Code chat pet sprite art, sprite sheets, state animations, eye treatments, Stable/Insiders variants, or pet transitions under src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/widget/media/chatPet.

microsoft/vscode · 53 tokens

cpu-profile-analysis

Analyze V8/Chrome CPU profiles (.cpuprofile) and DevTools trace files (Trace-.json). Use when: profiling performance, investigating slow functions, comparing code paths, finding bottlenecks, analyzing timeToRequest, understanding call trees from sampling profiler data, analyzing layout/paint/rendering, investigating…

microsoft/vscode · 71 tokens