Session Steward MCP Server

Session Steward is a local session manager for Codex and Claude Code. It helps you find old or large sessions across workspaces, decide what is worth keeping, and clean up the related records it recognizes. You can use it with browser UI or terminal CLI, or through MCP with ChatGPT or Claude.

People who work with codex, session cleanup and chatgpt app and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in JavaScript.

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LAST COMMIT 2026-09-16 · ★ 3 · #70 OF 255 MAINTAINED BROWSER AUTOMATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

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01 · Install Session Steward

Claude Code

claude mcp add mallikcheripally-session-steward -- npx -y session-steward

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mallikcheripally-session-steward": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "session-steward"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · 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.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

repo age created 2026-07-31 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package session-steward - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.mallikcheripally is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Session Steward can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.11.1 · 2026-09-16

Session Steward can now be installed and discovered through the Official MCP Registry. This release adds registry metadata, a package-name MCP launch path (session-steward mcp), packed-artifact validation, and…

v0.11.0 · 2026-09-14

Sessions and workspaces can now be marked Keep so manual and scheduled Session Steward cleanup skip them. Workspace Keeps cover descendant folders and future sessions without indexing transcripts. · Keep protects…

v0.10.3 · 2026-09-10

Deleted Codex sessions no longer linger in the ChatGPT sidebar. · Claude cleanup now handles stale session markers, protects shared history, and removes leftover session files.

04 · Who maintains Session Steward

Session Steward is maintained by mallikcheripally. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/mallikcheripally/session-steward
website: https://github.com/mallikcheripally/session-steward#readme
category: browser automation - ranked #70 of 255 actively-maintained browser automation servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-16)
registry: io.github.mallikcheripally/session-steward (active, first published 2026-09-16)
packages: npm:session-steward

06 · Session Steward FAQ

What is Session Steward?

Is Session Steward still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-16 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Session Steward?

Run `npx -y session-steward`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Session Steward run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Session Steward

Alternatives to Session Steward

Maintained browser automation servers if Session Steward isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Session Steward doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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