Shell prompt configuration

[alexvulpe]

I'm connecting to some hosts that have interactive steps before reaching to shell. See example below

1. Would be nice to configure some autoreply during startup? Or some keystroke to be sent while logging in? In my case I have to input 'N' and (or just ) to continue. Now I'm getting timeout while starting the persistent session with ssh_session_start.
2. Would be nice to configure the shell prompt instead of classic one (ex. -->)

Last unsuccessful login: Fri Mar 20 14:09:50 EST 2026 on ssh from 10.124.39.117
Last login: Tue Mar 31 18:42:15 EST 2026 on ssh from 10.122.2.125
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START GLOBUS Y/N
%N
jsh orcdev1 ~ -->

[bvisible]

Thanks for the detailed report! This is a great feature request.

I've implemented both features in PR #21:

1. Custom shell prompt pattern

You can now configure a custom prompt pattern per server. For your --> prompt:

TOML:

[ssh_servers.aix_server]
host = "aix.example.com"
user = "researcher"
prompt_pattern = "-->"

Or .env:

SSH_SERVER_AIX_PROMPT_PATTERN=-->

2. Auto-reply during login

For the "START GLOBUS Y/N" interactive prompt:

TOML:

[[ssh_servers.aix_server.auto_reply]]
pattern = "START GLOBUS Y/N"
response = "N"
timeout = 5000

Or .env:

SSH_SERVER_AIX_AUTO_REPLY_COUNT=1
SSH_SERVER_AIX_AUTO_REPLY_1_PATTERN=START GLOBUS Y/N
SSH_SERVER_AIX_AUTO_REPLY_1_RESPONSE=N

Multiple auto-reply rules can be chained for servers with several interactive steps.

Would you be able to test this on your AIX hosts? You can install from the branch:

npm install -g bvisible/mcp-ssh-manager#feat/shell-prompt-config

Let me know how it works!