Terminal — Claude Desktop extension for Linux
A Claude Desktop extension that gives Claude terminal, filesystem, and background-job access on your local Linux machine.
Addresses a gap on Linux Claude Desktop where claude_desktop_config.json-style MCP servers aren't loaded (that mechanism is macOS/Windows only); on Linux, the only way to add tools is via installable extensions.
⚠️ Security — read this first
Installing this extension grants Claude unrestricted shell access on your user account. Anything your user can do from a terminal, Claude can do through this tool: read any file your user can read, modify anything they can modify, install software, open network connections, etc.
Treat installing this the same way you'd treat giving someone an SSH session to your machine. Don't install it on machines with sensitive data you wouldn't want Claude to see or on shared systems.
There is a minimal built-in safety denylist that refuses a handful of obviously-destructive one-liners (rm -rf /, rm -rf ~, fork bombs, dd/mkfs on raw disk devices, shutdown/reboot). This is a last-resort safety net, not a sandbox. A determined command can trivially bypass it. It exists so that a moment's inattention doesn't wipe your home directory.
