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Background Process MCP

An MCP server that provides background process management functionality, allowing LLMs to start, stop, and monitor long-running command-line processes, and includes an independent TUI monitoring interface.
Developer toolsOperating system automation#Process Management#Background Service#MCP Tool.TypeScript
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What is Background Process MCP?

Background Process MCP is a background process management tool specifically designed for AI assistants. It allows AI assistants like Claude and Gemini to start, monitor, and manage long-running tasks, such as web servers, databases, and file monitoring scripts. Even if an AI assistant does not support background task management natively, it can gain this ability through this tool.

How to use Background Process MCP?

It's very simple to use: First, add this MCP server to your AI assistant's configuration. Then, the AI assistant can manage background processes through dedicated commands. You can also use the accompanying Terminal User Interface (TUI) to manually monitor and manage these processes.

Use Cases

This tool is particularly useful when you need an AI assistant to help run tasks that require long execution times. For example: having an AI start a local development server, run database migration scripts, monitor changes in log files, and perform regular backup tasks.

Main Features

Process Start and Management
AI assistants can start any command-line process and obtain the process ID for subsequent management. It supports starting various types of background tasks, such as web servers, databases, and scripts.
Real-time Monitoring and Output Viewing
You can view the output logs of processes in real-time, supporting viewing the first few lines (head) or the last few lines (tail), which is convenient for debugging and monitoring task execution status.
Process Stop and Cleanup
Safely stop running processes and clean up records of completed or stopped processes to keep the process list tidy.
Terminal User Interface (TUI)
It provides an aesthetically pleasing terminal interface, allowing users to directly view and manage all background processes without relying on an AI assistant.
Multi-client Support
It supports multiple AI assistant platforms such as Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, and Gemini CLI, with simple and unified configuration.
Independent Service Architecture
The core service runs independently, ensuring the stability and persistence of process management. Even if the AI assistant restarts, background processes will not be interrupted.
Advantages
Cross-platform compatibility: Supports all major AI assistant platforms with a unified and simple configuration method.
Independent operation: Background processes are not affected by AI assistant restarts, ensuring continuous task execution.
User-friendly: Provides a graphical terminal interface for convenient manual monitoring and management.
Complete functionality: Covers the entire lifecycle of process management, from start to monitoring to stop.
Easy to integrate: Uses the standard MCP protocol and can be added to existing workflows with simple configuration.
Limitations
Requires additional installation: It is not a built-in function of AI assistants and needs to be installed and configured separately.
Depends on the Node.js environment: Requires Node.js runtime support.
Limited to command-line processes: Mainly targets command-line tools and does not directly support GUI applications.
Learning curve: Requires understanding of basic process management concepts and commands.

How to Use

Select Your AI Assistant Platform
Based on the AI assistant you use (such as Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, etc.), find the corresponding configuration method.
Add MCP Server Configuration
Add the Background Process MCP server to the AI assistant's configuration file. Most platforms use a similar JSON configuration format.
Restart the AI Assistant
Restart your AI assistant after saving the configuration to make the configuration take effect.
Start Using
Now your AI assistant can use the background process management function. You can ask the AI to start a server, run a script, etc.
Use TUI for Monitoring (Optional)
If you need to manually monitor processes, you can start the Terminal User Interface to view all running processes.

Usage Examples

Start a Development Server
When developing a web application locally, you need to start a development server to test code changes.
Run Database Migrations
In project development, you need to run database migration scripts to update the database structure.
Monitor Log Files
You need to monitor changes in application log files in real-time to debug issues.
Regular Backup Tasks
You need to perform regular data backup tasks to ensure data security.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this tool safe? Will it execute malicious commands?
If the AI assistant restarts, will the background processes continue to run?
How can I view all running processes?
Which operating systems are supported?
How long will the process output be saved?
How many processes can be run simultaneously?
How can I update to the latest version?

Related Resources

Model Context Protocol Official Website
Learn about the standards and specifications of the MCP protocol
GitHub Repository
View the source code, submit issues, and contribute
npm Package Page
View package information, version history, and download statistics
MCP Quick Start Guide
Learn how to configure and use the MCP server
Claude Desktop Configuration Guide
Configuration instructions specifically for Claude Desktop

Installation

Copy the following command to your Client for configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backgroundProcess": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@waylaidwanderer/background-process-mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}
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