Let your AI agent look at your server — on the same screen, over the same SSH, without ever handing it a shell

Описание и применение

С помощью sshboard оператор и ИИ используют одну SSH‑сессию, где ИИ может читать состояние сервера и выполнять только разрешённые команды, а оператор видит все действия в реальном времени, что упрощает и безопаснее обслуживание старых VPS.

Задача

Maintaining an old VPS with an AI agent requires repeatedly opening terminals or SFTP clients to share information, which is cumbersome and insecure.

Результат

The workflow eliminates manual copying, provides real‑time visibility, and limits the AI to pre‑approved actions, improving security and efficiency when maintaining legacy VPS instances.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Install sshboard from the releases page. 2. Register SSH connections in sshboard (or import from ~/.ssh/config). 3. Add the sshboard MCP client to Claude Code with claude mcp add --scope user sshboard -- <app_path> --mcp-stdio-proxy. 4. Connect to the server through sshboard. 5. Use the AI to request server status, read files, or run allowed commands; each action is previewed on the shared console. 6. The operator can take control of the shell at any time and stop execution if needed.

Доказательства

Maintaining an old VPS with an AI agent goes like this, every time: AI: I can't see the server. Could you show me the service status? You: (opens a terminal, runs it, pastes)

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sshboard is an open-source desktop app built for the space in between. You and the agent look at the same server, on the same screen, over one SSH connection — and everything the agent does scrolls past in your window as it happens.

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The agent writes only where you said it could. Per connection, you list the directories the agent may write to. The default is empty: not one byte.

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Install the app from the releases page (Windows x64 / ARM64, macOS Apple Silicon — not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen and Gatekeeper will ask once).

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