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Control persistent shells and file systems

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What it does

Execute persistent shells, long-running processes, and filesystem operations

Best for

Cross-turn stateful workflows: dev servers, builds, spreadsheet/doc edits, SSH operations.

Inputs
  • · [object Object]
  • · [object Object]
  • · [object Object]
Outputs
  • · [object Object]
  • · [object Object]
Requires
  • · Persistent shell session
  • · SSH client
  • · ripgrep
  • · python-docx (server)
Preconditions

Desktop Commander MCP installed; workspace scope granted.

Failure modes
  • · Shell session timeout (long-running process)
  • · Excel file locked by another user
  • · SSH key passphrase blocks interaction
  • · edit_block old_string ambiguous → overwrites wrong text
Trust signals
  • · Persistent shell state across calls (env vars, cwd, activated venv)
  • · First-class support for .xlsx, .docx, .pdf
  • · Safety: edit_block fails loudly on ambiguous matches