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LingTerm MCP — Let AI Safely Control Your Terminal

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Quick Start Install Option A: Run with npx (recommended) No clone needed — just use npx in your MCP config: "ling-term-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "ling-term-mcp"] } Option B: Install from source git clone https://github.com/guangda88/ling-term-mcp.git cd ling-term-mcp npm install && npm run build Or use the one-liner: bash quickstart.sh (auto-checks environment, installs deps, builds, and runs tests). Connect to Cursor Open Cursor Settings → MCP Servers, add: { "mcpServers": { "ling-term-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "ling-term-mcp"] } } } If installing from source, change command to "node" and args to ["/your/absolute/path/ling-term-mcp/dist/index.js"]. Note: the path must be absolute. Restart Cursor. Connect to Claude Desktop Edit your Claude Desktop config file and add the same mcpServers config. Restart Claude Desktop. Try It In Cursor or Claude, say: Show me what files are in the current directory AI will invoke LingTerm to execute ls -la (Linux/macOS) or

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