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Enables secure interaction with specified directories on a user's system through a command-line interface for file management and system automation tasks.
Details
- Author
- aithelab
- Repository
- AItheLab/mcp-terminal-use
- Categories
- Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, File Management, AI, Frontend, API, Infrastructure
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Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
TerminalCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)nodeArguments-
Argument 1
$${HOME}/path/to/mcp-terminal-use/dist/index.js
Environment-
ALLOWED_DIRECTORY
$${HOME}/your/allowed/directory
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
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Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"terminal": {
"env": {
"ALLOWED_DIRECTORY": "$${HOME}/your/allowed/directory"
},
"args": [
"$${HOME}/path/to/mcp-terminal-use/dist/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": {
"ALLOWED_DIRECTORY": "$${HOME}/your/allowed/directory"
},
"args": [
"$${HOME}/path/to/mcp-terminal-use/dist/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}Macos
{
"env": {
"ALLOWED_DIRECTORY": "$${HOME}/your/allowed/directory"
},
"args": [
"$${HOME}/path/to/mcp-terminal-use/dist/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}Windows
{
"env": {
"ALLOWED_DIRECTORY": "$${HOME}/your/allowed/directory"
},
"args": [
"$${HOME}/path/to/mcp-terminal-use/dist/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
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