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io.github.nickw8/bash-mcp

bash-mcp

Is the bash- MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-31.

Structured JSON wrappers for git, kubectl, terraform, helm, argocd, gh, glab and other CLIs.

alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-10-31

65tools
21ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
10.3 %of Claude's 200k window
8.2×the median server
210 msto initialize
15 msto list tools
Run it
npx -y @nickw8/bash-mcp@5.0.1 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
npmjs.com
Reports itself as
bash-mcp 5.0.1
Capabilities
tools
Instructions
1 108 characters
Of a 1M window
2.1 % of a 1M context window
Count
21k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-31. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 21k. The o200k_base estimate is 12k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/nickw8/bash-mcp
Registry
active, updated 2026-10-23 · registry entry
Changes
2 recorded, reachable in 2 of them. A row is added when the result, the tool count or the cost changes.

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.75×.

Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
rg9635495 %
run7664374 %
cat7314174 %
liquibase_update_sql7074033 %
kube_get6423663 %

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History

We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.

ProbedResultInitToolsClaudeo200k
2026-10-31 07:38alive269 ms6521k12k
2026-10-24 06:33alive210 ms6512k

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Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.

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