Interactive Terminal

Overview

Interactive Terminal is an MCP server that enables real interactive terminal sessions directly within AI assistants. It supports REPLs, SSH connections, database clients, Docker environments, and other interactive workflows. When connected to an MCP-compatible AI, the model can invoke terminal operations as part of its reasoning and take action in live sessions.

The server runs locally via the npm package mcp-interactive-terminal, which communicates over stdio. Installation is straightforward with npx -y mcp-interactive-terminal. The latest release is v1.0.7, published under the MIT license. The source code is maintained at amol21p/mcp-interactive-terminal on GitHub and has attracted 18 stars from the community.

Interactive Terminal is categorized under AI & Agents on mcp.site and integrates with MCP clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Zed. Maintainers are encouraged to claim this listing to verify ownership and keep information up to date.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "interactive_terminal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-interactive-terminal"
      ]
    }
  }
}