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backburner MCP

A standard stdio MCP server that allows AI agents to run long shell commands as background tasks. It supports starting jobs, monitoring live progress, cancelling tasks, and collecting results later. It uses SQLite for tracking and captures output to log files, ensuring tasks survive server restarts. It includes security features like command allow/deny lists and timeouts.

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backburner MCP logo, by RohitYajee8076Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by RohitYajee8076
You need:pip install backburner-mcp
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  • Popularity 2 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

  • Start long-running shell commands as background tasks
  • Monitor live progress of running tasks
  • Cancel tasks and kill their process trees
  • Collect results from completed background jobs

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0MIT
mcp-registry: io.github.RohitYajee8076/backburner@1.0.0Source repository
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v1.0.0
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backburner-mcp 1.0.0

pypi
backburner-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "backburner-mcp",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "BACKBURNER_HOME",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Directory for the task database and log files (default: ~/.backburner)"
    },
    {
      "name": "BACKBURNER_ALLOW",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated regexes; if set, only matching commands may run"
    },
    {
      "name": "BACKBURNER_DENY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated regexes; matching commands are always refused (deny wins over allow)"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backburner-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "backburner-mcp==1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BACKBURNER_HOME": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_HOME>",
        "BACKBURNER_ALLOW": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_ALLOW>",
        "BACKBURNER_DENY": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_DENY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backburner-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "backburner-mcp==1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BACKBURNER_HOME": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_HOME>",
        "BACKBURNER_ALLOW": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_ALLOW>",
        "BACKBURNER_DENY": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_DENY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "backburner-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "backburner-mcp==1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BACKBURNER_HOME": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_HOME>",
        "BACKBURNER_ALLOW": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_ALLOW>",
        "BACKBURNER_DENY": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_DENY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backburner-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "backburner-mcp==1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BACKBURNER_HOME": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_HOME>",
        "BACKBURNER_ALLOW": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_ALLOW>",
        "BACKBURNER_DENY": "<YOUR_BACKBURNER_DENY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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