par-term-mcp 0.2.4

MCP (Model Context Protocol) stdio server for par-term terminal emulator
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par-term-mcp

MCP (Model Context Protocol) stdio server for the par-term terminal emulator.

This crate implements a minimal JSON-RPC 2.0 server over stdin/stdout that exposes par-term terminal tools to ACP agents (Claude, Ollama) via the Model Context Protocol.

What This Crate Provides

  • A line-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0 stdin/stdout server loop
  • MCP tool registration and dispatch
  • config_update tool — writes configuration changes to a file for the main app to pick up via its config watcher
  • terminal_screenshot tool — requests a live terminal screenshot via a file-based IPC handshake

Key Modules

Module Description
jsonrpc JSON-RPC 2.0 wire types, response helpers, and stdout framing
ipc IPC path resolution, atomic writes, and restricted-permission file helpers
tools Tool registration, descriptors, and dispatch entry point
tools::config_update config_update tool implementation
tools::screenshot terminal_screenshot tool implementation

IPC File Locations

All IPC files are written to ~/.config/par-term/ (Linux/macOS) or %APPDATA%\par-term\ (Windows) with restrictive permissions (0o600 on Unix).

Workspace Position

Layer 0 in the dependency graph. This crate has no internal workspace dependencies and can be updated independently.

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