Sys Knife MCP Server
Your sysadmin co-pilot. Plan. Approve. Audit. Distros How it works · Why not X ? · Distro matrix · Roadmap · Contribute · Discuss
People who work with agentic ai, audit log and automation and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-17 · ★ 11 · #205 OF 227 MAINTAINED AUTOMATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
MIT · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.lacs-project is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
02 · What Sys Knife can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v0.16.0 · 2026-09-15
align Ubuntu-only descriptions with action fences · fail when sudo action filter selects nothing · close scanner guard coverage gaps · cover fail2ban action family · declare CHAIN_ROW_COLUMNS once, in store.rs…
v0.15.0 · 2026-09-10
remove unverifiable test baseline provenance · align wizard guidance with installation outcomes · check story tag vocabulary per word, not per whole string · validate missing registry version arguments · bump the…
v0.14.0 · 2026-09-07
derive markdown link coverage · drop unused sysknife-apt-pin-edit lock arm · reject missing internal version pins · align exit codes and timeout diagnostics · record the four changes merged since 0.13.1 · make story…
03 · Who maintains Sys Knife
SysKnife is maintained by lacs-project. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jun 2026.
04 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/lacs-project/sysknife
- category
- automation - ranked #205 of 227 actively-maintained automation servers as of 2026-09-18.
- release cadence
- 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-15)
- registry
- io.github.lacs-project/sysknife (active, first published 2026-07-28 · 19 versions)
- packages
- cargo:sysknife-cli
05 · Sys Knife FAQ
What is Sys Knife?
Your sysadmin co-pilot. Plan. Approve. Audit. Distros How it works · Why not X ? · Distro matrix · Roadmap · Contribute · Discuss
Is Sys Knife still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-17 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
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