Agentic SSH MCP Server

agentic_ssh gives your AI assistant fast, token-efficient, and asynchronous SSH access to your homelab, dev servers, and clusters - with strict zero-trust host guardrails so it can never touch unauthorized infrastructure.

People who need these tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-16 · ★ 5 · #830 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · 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 Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

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

02 · What Agentic SSH can do

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

Latest releases

v0.5.3 · 2026-09-01

What's New in v0.5.3 · Zero-Trust Host Authorization Guardrail (#56): Enforces secure-by-default host authorization requiring explicit allow_hosts to prevent AI agents from probing unauthorized SSH infrastructure.…

v0.4.10 · 2026-08-28

What's Changed in v0.4.10 · Highlights & Features · MCP Tool Discovery (agentic_ssh tools): Added a dedicated CLI command (and alias agentic_ssh list-tools) to inspect all built-in and dynamically registered custom MCP…

v0.4.9 · 2026-08-23

Dependency & Engine Upgrades · Upgrade core SSH library russh to 0.63.1 (using ^0.63 in Cargo.toml) · Adapt ClientHandler::check_server_key to accept &russh::keys::PublicKeyOrCertificate for russh 0.63 compatibility…

03 · Who maintains Agentic SSH

Agentic SSH is maintained by sandbanks. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jun 2026.

04 · Facts

repository
github.com/sandbanks/agentic_ssh
category
other - ranked #830 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence
10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-01)
registry
io.github.sandbanks/agentic_ssh (active, first published 2026-08-09 · 4 versions)
packages
cargo:agentic_ssh

05 · Agentic SSH FAQ

What is Agentic SSH?

agentic_ssh gives your AI assistant fast, token-efficient, and asynchronous SSH access to your homelab, dev servers, and clusters - with strict zero-trust host guardrails so it can never touch unauthorized infrastructure.

Is Agentic SSH 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.

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