ssh-mcp-setup

A local setup guide for SSH MCP, a server that lets an AI agent use SSH to work with other computers. It explains how to install and configure the server on your machine.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to install, update, or customize SSH MCP with npx, npm, PyPI, or source code. It covers Python detection, virtual-environment setup, dependency installation, and startup checks.
Why use it?
It removes the need to work out Python environments, dependencies, and installation steps by hand. It also helps avoid conflicts with other Python projects.

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

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 33 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,310 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 1 finding. 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 $0.03310
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.01655
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00662
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00331

Measured 2d ago against content hash 897b052770b4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

ssh-mcp-setup scanned grade C with 1 finding 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 2d 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.

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

rm -rf ~/.ssh-licco-venv
.trae/skills/ssh-mcp-setup/SKILL.md · 459 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 459 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Local Setup and Configuration Guide

Installation

Method 1: npx One-Click (Recommended, Zero Config)

npx ssh-licco

First run automatically: detect Python → create venv → install dependencies → verify integrity → start MCP server. No manual setup needed.

This creates an isolated Python venv at ~/.ssh-licco-venv and avoids all conflicts.

Method 2: From npm (Recommended for Windows)

npm install -g ssh-licco

Post-install script (install.js) auto-detects existing venv and performs incremental update.

Method 3: From PyPI

pip install ssh-licco

Method 4: From Source

git clone https://github.com/Echoqili/ssh-licco.git
cd ssh-licco
pip install -e .

Update Version

# npm
npm update -g ssh-licco

# pip
pip install --upgrade ssh-licco

Auto-Install System Architecture

ssh-licco uses a three-layer architecture for zero-config startup:

User → npx ssh-licco
           ↓
    ┌──── ssh-licco.js (Node Layer) ────┐
    │  ① Find Python 3.10+             │
    │  ② Detect Anaconda environment   │
    │  ③ Create/reuse ~/.ssh-licco-venv │
    │  ④ pip install dependencies      │
    │  ⑤ Verify dependency integrity   │
    └──────────┬────────────────────────┘
               ↓
    ┌── cli.py (Python Entry) ──────┐
    │  Only starts MCP server       │
    └──────────┬────────────────────┘
               ↓
    ┌── SSHMCPServer (MCP Service) ─┐
    │  SSH connect, execute, etc.   │
    └───────────────────────────────┘

Smart Install Features

Feature Description
Anaconda Auto-Detect Detects conda environment, uses isolated venv to avoid conflicts
Dependency Integrity Check Verifies all dependencies on every startup, auto-repairs if missing
Incremental Update Doesn't delete existing venv, uses pip install -e . for incremental install
Auto-Repair Auto re-installs when dependencies are corrupted, no manual intervention

Read the full file on GitHub · 459 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. 2d ago First seen · 459 lines · 33 tokens per session scan C 897b052770b4

Subscribe to this mod's changes

ssh-mcp-setup is a skill published in the GitHub repository Echoqili/ssh-licco (3 stars, last pushed 14d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 33 tokens to every session and 3,310 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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