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Unix Manual Server

Unix Manual Server

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Provides Unix command documentation, lists available commands, and verifies command existence with version info directly within Claude conversations using the Model Context Protocol.

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May 29, 2025
Updated Jun 4, 2025

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Unix Manual Server (MCP)

An MCP server that provides Unix command documentation directly within Claude conversations.

Features

  • Get command documentation: Retrieve help pages, man pages, and usage information for Unix commands
  • List common commands: Discover available commands on your system, categorized by function
  • Check command existence: Verify if a specific command is available and get its version information

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.13+
  • Claude Desktop or any MCP-compatible client

Setup

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Install the package:
pip install -e . # or uv install -e .
  1. Install the server in Claude Desktop:
mcp install unix_manual_server.py # uv uv run mcp install unix_manual_server.py

Usage

Once installed, you can use the server's tools directly in Claude:

Get command documentation

I need help with the grep command. Can you show me the documentation?

List common commands

What Unix commands are available on my system?

Check if a command exists

Is the awk command available on my system?

Development

To test the server locally without installing it in Claude:

mcp dev unix_manual_server.py

Security

The server takes precautions to prevent command injection by:

  • Validating command names against a regex pattern
  • Executing commands directly without using shell
  • Setting timeouts on all command executions
  • Only checking for documentation, never executing arbitrary commands

Logging

Logs are saved to unix-manual-server.log in the same directory as the script, useful for debugging.

  • use @modelcontextprotocol/inspector with npx under the hood.
uv run mcp dev unix_manual_server.py
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run unix_manual_server.py

License

MIT


Created with the MCP Python SDK. For more information about MCP, visit modelcontextprotocol.io.

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