Shell Drop MCP connector

Free. Read-only. No account.

A remote MCP server that gives Claude and other AI tools step-by-step help for running AI coding agents on a Mac or Linux machine and reaching them from an iPhone or iPad: SSH, tmux, Tailscale and fixing connections. It is for anyone setting up Claude Code, Codex or another command-line agent to check on from their phone, with or without the Shell Drop app.

Endpoint

https://mcp.shelldrop.sh/mcp

Streamable HTTP, no login.

Add it

Claude (web and desktop)

In Settings, open Connectors, choose to add a custom connector, give it a name such as Shell Drop and paste the endpoint URL. Leave the authentication fields empty.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http shelldrop https://mcp.shelldrop.sh/mcp

Cursor

Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shelldrop": { "url": "https://mcp.shelldrop.sh/mcp" }
  }
}

Any other client that speaks Streamable HTTP MCP can use the same URL.

Tools

Setup guide `setup_guide`

A step-by-step guide for macOS or Linux: turn on SSH, install tmux and Tailscale, keep the machine awake, add an SSH key and check it all works.

Try: "Set up my Mac mini so I can check on Claude Code from my iPhone."

tmux how-to `tmux_howto`

The exact tmux commands for a task: attach, detach, list, kill, scroll back, mouse, copy, rename, new sessions, windows and panes.

Try: "How do I detach from tmux without stopping my agent?"

Generate tmux.conf `generate_tmux_conf`

A phone-friendly ~/.tmux.conf (session names as terminal titles, touch scrolling, copy to the phone over OSC 52, long scrollback, optional Ctrl-a prefix) and how to apply it.

Try: "Write me a tmux.conf for using tmux from my phone, with Ctrl-a as the prefix."

Troubleshoot connection `troubleshoot_connection`

Fixes for common problems between a phone and a machine: connection timed out, connection refused, tmux "can't find session", copy from tmux not reaching the phone.

Try: "My SSH connection from my iPhone says connection refused. What do I check?"

What it can and can't do

Every tool is read-only. Each returns text and never connects to or changes any machine.
No account, no sign-in, no API key.
The server receives only the tool arguments your AI client sends, such as the operating system or a short description of the problem. It answers from fixed text and keeps nothing: no database, no sessions and no logging of what you send.
It runs on Cloudflare, which keeps its standard network request records as it does for any site it serves. Full detail in the privacy policy.

Support

Questions or problems: [email protected]. The server is open source at github.com/shelldrop-sh/agent-skills. For the full walkthrough without an AI client, see the tmux cheat sheet and Claude Code on iPhone.

Shell Drop is a terminal for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, built for running AI agents over SSH and tmux.

Download on the App Store