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One lmcp server on a central host (typically hertz) that proxies
remote_* tools to every backend in a registry, with a clean SSH
fallback for hosts whose lmcp is temporarily down or not installed.
Tools: remote_list_hosts, remote_{shell,read_file,write_file,edit_file,
list_dir,search_files}. Each takes a `host` argument naming the target
in /opt/herding/etc/hub-backends.conf (or $LMCP_HUB_BACKENDS).
Lazy 30s health cache; `remote_list_hosts force=true` bypasses it.
Bearer auth on inbound (standard lmcp opts.conf / LMCP_TOKEN machinery);
backend Bearer tokens kept in the registry and forwarded per-call.
SSH fallback uses `ssh host 'bash -s' < local_script` — stdin-piped
script body is the canonical shell-escape-free technique. Covers
shell/read_file/write_file/list_dir/search_files. edit_file is lmcp-only
because the literal-match + uniqueness check is nontrivial to replicate
safely in shell.
Ships an example systemd unit and a commented backends.conf template
in examples/. No migration required for existing lmcp deployments —
hub.lua is additive alongside the existing server.lua.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
lmcp — Lua MCP server
Lightweight Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in pure Lua.
Runtime dependencies
- Lua 5.1+
- luasocket — needed for the TCP
listener. Packaged as
lua-socketon Arch/ALARM,lua-socketon Debian.
Files
| File | Role |
|---|---|
lmcp.lua |
library: protocol handling, tool registration |
server.lua |
HTTP server loop |
json.lua |
vendored JSON encoder/decoder |
example_server.lua |
sample server with a couple of tools |
Install
Packaged as lmcp in the marfrit overlay repo:
# Arch / ALARM
sudo pacman -S lmcp
# Debian
sudo apt install lmcp
Files land under /usr/share/lua/5.4/ (Lua LUA_PATH).
The example server installs as /usr/bin/lmcp-example.