Is lmstudio-terminal-mcp@0.1.0 safe to install?

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lmstudio-terminal-mcp@0.1.0

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "MCP server giving LM Studio (and other MCP hosts) bash/PowerShell access with structured outputs, background processes, and opt-in unattended hardening." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher knowlesindustry · joined 0 days agoInstalls 68Last detonated 3 h ago

$claude mcp add lmstudio-terminal-mcp -- uvx lmstudio-terminal-mcp

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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-11-06 and scored it 81/100 (Verified). It did what it claims and nothing else we could detect: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 0 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations

t+CategoryObserved action

0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle

0.1sprocessdependency install exit 1

0.1sprocessexec /usr/bin/date

0.1sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout

0.1sprocessexec .venv/bin/lmstudio-terminal-mcp

0.1sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 0)

0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only

0.2sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

MEDIUM

Destructive file system command detectedtests/test_safety.py:125 · Destructive file system command detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.

AST05

MEDIUM

Access to sensitive file pathstests/test_safety.py:157 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.

AST05

MEDIUM

Destructive command against a filesystem root or devicetests/test_safety.py:175 · Destructive command against a filesystem root or deviceFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.

AST05

MEDIUM

Process kill commandtests/test_sessions.py:184 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.

AST05

MEDIUM

Privileged sudo commandtests/test_safety.py:175 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/lmstudio_terminal_mcp/sessions.py:696 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Privileged sudo commandtests/test_safety.py:183 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.

AST05

MEDIUM

Destructive file system command detectedtests/test_safety.py:175 · Destructive file system command detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/lmstudio_terminal_mcp/sessions.py:621 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Process kill commandsrc/lmstudio_terminal_mcp/models.py:170 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.

AST05

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded

≈79 tok

1 file · 27 in bundle

Tool list per prompt

≈0 tok

0 tools · 0 per tool

Handshake

no reply

launch to tools/list, stdio

Undocumented tools

description under 20 chars · avg 0

Tokens estimated at four characters each. The tool list is re-read by the agent on every turn, so it is the number to compare between servers that do the same job: ranked across the index.

Known vulnerabilities

Not checked against OSV yet; the weekly check has not reached this version.