bash MCP Server: Install & Setup

Install bash in Claude Code

Claude Code

claude mcp add bash -- npx -y @nickw8/bash-mcp

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bash": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nickw8/bash-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Structured JSON wrappers for git, kubectl, terraform, helm, argocd, gh, glab and other CLIs.

Yes, most likely. Open source and no paid account or API key is mentioned in the listing. Check the provider for current pricing.

Local. Runs on your machine (stdio). You install it with npx, uvx, Docker or from source.

Run: claude mcp add bash -- npx -y @nickw8/bash-mcp

dudko-dev/baton-mcp-setup

Local MCP server for Baton: edit git-native API requests, collections, environments and scripts.

twojlogin/awesome-core

Read-only MCP server over a local, offline catalog of tools from GitHub awesome lists.

vorluno/batuta-mcp

Split a task into plans with disjoint file boundaries; scaffold a git worktree per plan.

danielsousaoliveira/auto-calendar-python

Schedule a GitHub Projects backlog into Google Calendar, as a CLI or an MCP server.

0Mattias/bettermemory

Memory for coding agents, checked against the filesystem and git before it is believed.

jyswee/authshore

Auth infrastructure for coding agents. User pools, secrets vault, token management. As easy as git.