How to let an AI agent deploy to your server — without handing it your SSH keys

Short summary

AI coding agents can write and test code but hit a wall at deployment because SSH requires credentials that shouldn't be shared with an agent's environment. The solution is a broker model: the agent never holds the key — a custodian process authenticates on its behalf, providing scoped access, live observability, and toggle-based revocation. Termalin implements this as an SSH client with a built-in MCP server that Claude and other agents can use safely.

• •Sharing SSH keys with AI agents is irreversible and insecure — agents shouldn't hold credentials
• •A broker/custodian model scopes access, enables live monitoring, and makes revocation a toggle
• •Termalin provides an MCP-based SSH client that handles authentication on the agent's behalf

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