Execute local prompts in SSH remote shells
Instead of giving LLM tools SSH access or installing them on a server, the following command: $ promptctl ssh user@server makes a set of locally defined prompts "magically" appear within the remote shell as executable command line programs. For example, I have locally defined prompts for `llm-analyze-config` and `askai`. Then on (any) remote host I can: $ promptctl ssh user@host # Now on remote host $ llm-analyze-config /etc/nginx.conf $ cat docker-compose.yml | askai "add a load balancer" the prompts behind `llm-analyze-config` and `askai` execute on my local computer (even though…
Execute local prompts in SSH remote shells launched on March 11, 2026 with 7 votes, #1,458 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Turn GenAI prompts into runnable programs
The SSH integration enables you to bring your prompts and execute them on a remote server via SSH. In interactive mode, your prompts become available in your remote shell session, executable exactly like on your computer. When executing a prompt, you can change the "execution context" to become that of a remote SSH server. log_analyzer --ssh-dest user@remote_host This tells remote-capable helpers to execute on the indicated server rather than on your local machine. {{ cat "/var/log/nginx.conf" }} then executing the prompt with --ssh-dest would fetch and render /var/log/nginx.conf from the specified server. Without --ssh-dest , it would be read locally. Interactive mode allows you to SSH…from docs.promptcmd.sh
In the maker’s words, at launch
Instead of giving LLM tools SSH access or installing them on a server, the following command: $ promptctl ssh user@server makes a set of locally defined prompts "magically" appear within the remote shell as executable command line programs. For example, I have locally defined prompts for `llm-analyze-config` and…
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