AI Integration (MCP)

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the standard Anthropic introduced in late 2024 for letting AI assistants talk to local tools. SSHive ships with a built-in MCP server — meaning Claude Code, Cursor, and Claude Desktop can read your SSH session list, execute commands on connected hosts, browse SFTP, and read/write remote files. Toggle one switch in SSHive Settings → MCP: the local HTTP server starts on port 49422, a Bearer token is generated, and SSHive auto-injects an `mcpServers.sshive` entry into the config files of every detected client (`~/.claude.json`, `~/.cursor/mcp.json`, plus a copyable stdio block for Claude Desktop via `npx mcp-remote`). For other MCP-compatible clients, a Copy button gives you a JSON snippet with the real token to paste anywhere. The server exposes 7 tools: `ssh_list_sessions`, `ssh_execute`, `sftp_list`, `sftp_read_file` (1 MB max), `sftp_write_file` (in-memory), `sftp_write_file_chunk` (4 MB chunks for big files via base64 append), and `sftp_write_from_local_path` (read a local file → write to remote, zero base64 overhead). Authentication uses a UUID Bearer token persisted in `settings.json` and rotatable from the UI. The HTTP server binds to `127.0.0.1` only — it never accepts external connections — and every command passes through your existing SSH session auth, so the AI cannot do anything you can't already do. MCP is Pro-only.