diff --git a/kitty_tests/shm.py b/kitty_tests/shm.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2cc70406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitty_tests/shm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2023, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from kitty.constants import kitten_exe
+from kitty.fast_data_types import shm_unlink
+from kitty.shm import SharedMemory
+
+from . import BaseTest
+
+
+class SHMTest(BaseTest):
+
+    def test_shm_with_kitten(self):
+        data = os.urandom(333)
+        with SharedMemory(size=363) as shm:
+            shm.write_data_with_size(data)
+            cp = subprocess.run([kitten_exe(), '__pytest__', 'shm', 'read', shm.name], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            self.assertEqual(cp.returncode, 0)
+            self.assertEqual(cp.stdout, data)
+            self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError, shm_unlink, shm.name)
+        cp = subprocess.run([kitten_exe(), '__pytest__', 'shm', 'write'], input=data, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        self.assertEqual(cp.returncode, 0)
+        name = cp.stdout.decode().strip()
+        with SharedMemory(name=name, unlink_on_exit=True) as shm:
+            q = shm.read_data_with_size()
+            self.assertEqual(data, q)
diff --git a/tools/cmd/pytest/main.go b/tools/cmd/pytest/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..973d68b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cmd/pytest/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2023, Kovid Goyal, <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+
+package pytest
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"kitty/tools/cli"
+	"kitty/tools/utils/shm"
+)
+
+var _ = fmt.Print
+
+func EntryPoint(root *cli.Command) {
+	root = root.AddSubCommand(&cli.Command{
+		Name:   "__pytest__",
+		Hidden: true,
+	})
+	shm.TestEntryPoint(root)
+}
diff --git a/tools/cmd/ssh/main.go b/tools/cmd/ssh/main.go
index e18059b3b..8697d7ac0 100644
--- a/tools/cmd/ssh/main.go
+++ b/tools/cmd/ssh/main.go
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ package ssh
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
 	"strings"
 
 	"kitty/tools/cli"
+	"kitty/tools/tty"
 
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
@@ -16,6 +19,74 @@ import (
 
 var _ = fmt.Print
 
+func get_destination(hostname string) (username, hostname_for_match string) {
+	u, err := user.Current()
+	if err == nil {
+		username = u.Username
+	}
+	hostname_for_match = hostname
+	if strings.HasPrefix(hostname, "ssh://") {
+		p, err := url.Parse(hostname)
+		if err == nil {
+			hostname_for_match = p.Hostname()
+			if p.User.Username() != "" {
+				username = p.User.Username()
+			}
+		}
+	} else if strings.Contains(hostname, "@") && hostname[0] != '@' {
+		username, hostname_for_match, _ = strings.Cut(hostname, "@")
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(hostname, "@") && hostname[0] != '@' {
+		_, hostname_for_match, _ = strings.Cut(hostname_for_match, "@")
+	}
+	hostname_for_match, _, _ = strings.Cut(hostname_for_match, ":")
+	return
+}
+
+func add_cloned_env(val string) map[string]string {
+	return nil // TODO: Implement me
+}
+
+func parse_kitten_args(found_extra_args []string, username, hostname_for_match string) (overrides []string, literal_env map[string]string) {
+	literal_env = make(map[string]string)
+	overrides = make([]string, 0, 4)
+	for i, a := range found_extra_args {
+		if i%2 == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if key, val, found := strings.Cut(a, "="); found {
+			if key == "clone_env" {
+				le := add_cloned_env(val)
+				if le != nil {
+					literal_env = le
+				}
+			} else if key != "hostname" {
+				overrides = append(overrides, key+" "+val)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(overrides) > 0 {
+		overrides = append([]string{"hostname " + username + "@" + hostname_for_match}, overrides...)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func run_ssh(ssh_args, server_args, found_extra_args []string) (rc int, err error) {
+	cmd := append([]string{ssh_exe()}, ssh_args...)
+	hostname, remote_args := server_args[0], server_args[1:]
+	if len(remote_args) == 0 {
+		cmd = append(cmd, "-t")
+	}
+	insertion_point := len(cmd)
+	cmd = append(cmd, "--", hostname)
+	uname, hostname_for_match := get_destination(hostname)
+	overrides, literal_env := parse_kitten_args(found_extra_args, uname, hostname_for_match)
+	if insertion_point > 0 && overrides != nil && literal_env != nil {
+	}
+	// TODO: Implement me
+	return
+}
+
 func main(cmd *cli.Command, o *Options, args []string) (rc int, err error) {
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		switch args[0] {
@@ -44,10 +115,13 @@ func main(cmd *cli.Command, o *Options, args []string) (rc int, err error) {
 		}
 		return 1, unix.Exec(ssh_exe(), append([]string{"ssh"}, args...), os.Environ())
 	}
-	if false {
-		return len(ssh_args) + len(server_args), nil
+	if os.Getenv("KITTY_WINDOW_ID") == "" || os.Getenv("KITTY_PID") == "" {
+		return 1, fmt.Errorf("The SSH kitten is meant to run inside a kitty window")
 	}
-	return
+	if !tty.IsTerminal(os.Stdin.Fd()) {
+		return 1, fmt.Errorf("The SSH kitten is meant for interactive use only, STDIN must be a terminal")
+	}
+	return run_ssh(ssh_args, server_args, found_extra_args)
 }
 
 func EntryPoint(parent *cli.Command) {
diff --git a/tools/cmd/tool/main.go b/tools/cmd/tool/main.go
index 51798ccb9..a83ff5b56 100644
--- a/tools/cmd/tool/main.go
+++ b/tools/cmd/tool/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"kitty/tools/cmd/clipboard"
 	"kitty/tools/cmd/edit_in_kitty"
 	"kitty/tools/cmd/icat"
+	"kitty/tools/cmd/pytest"
 	"kitty/tools/cmd/ssh"
 	"kitty/tools/cmd/unicode_input"
 	"kitty/tools/cmd/update_self"
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ func KittyToolEntryPoints(root *cli.Command) {
 	ssh.EntryPoint(root)
 	// unicode_input
 	unicode_input.EntryPoint(root)
+	// __pytest__
+	pytest.EntryPoint(root)
 	// __hold_till_enter__
 	root.AddSubCommand(&cli.Command{
 		Name:            "__hold_till_enter__",
diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
index 79a04a716..90a7de63f 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ package shm
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base32"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	not_rand "math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"kitty/tools/cli"
+
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
@@ -109,3 +113,69 @@ func truncate_or_unlink(ans *os.File, size uint64) (err error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func read_till_buf_full(f *os.File, buf []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	p := buf
+	for len(p) > 0 {
+		n, err := f.Read(p)
+		p = p[n:]
+		if err != nil {
+			if len(p) == 0 && errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				err = nil
+			}
+			return buf[:len(buf)-len(p)], err
+		}
+	}
+	return buf, nil
+}
+
+func read_with_size(f *os.File) ([]byte, error) {
+	szbuf := []byte{0, 0, 0, 0}
+	szbuf, err := read_till_buf_full(f, szbuf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	size := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(szbuf))
+	return read_till_buf_full(f, make([]byte, size))
+}
+
+func test_integration_with_python(args []string) (rc int, err error) {
+	switch args[0] {
+	default:
+		return 1, fmt.Errorf("Unknown test type: %s", args[0])
+	case "read":
+		data, err := ReadWithSizeAndUnlink(args[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return 1, err
+		}
+		_, err = os.Stdout.Write(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 1, err
+		}
+	case "write":
+		data, err := io.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 1, err
+		}
+		mmap, err := CreateTemp("shmtest-", uint64(len(data)+4))
+		if err != nil {
+			return 1, err
+		}
+		defer mmap.Close()
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(mmap.Slice(), uint32(len(data)))
+		copy(mmap.Slice()[4:], data)
+		fmt.Println(mmap.Name())
+	}
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
+func TestEntryPoint(root *cli.Command) {
+	root.AddSubCommand(&cli.Command{
+		Name:            "shm",
+		OnlyArgsAllowed: true,
+		Run: func(cmd *cli.Command, args []string) (rc int, err error) {
+			return test_integration_with_python(args)
+		},
+	})
+
+}
diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm_fs.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm_fs.go
index d5866f3b9..1b4b0c298 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm_fs.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm_fs.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func create_temp(pattern string, size uint64) (ans MMap, err error) {
 	return file_mmap(f, size, WRITE, true, special_name)
 }
 
-func Open(name string, size uint64) (MMap, error) {
+func open(name string) (*os.File, error) {
 	ans, err := os.OpenFile(file_path_from_name(name), os.O_RDONLY, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
@@ -123,5 +123,23 @@ func Open(name string, size uint64) (MMap, error) {
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	return ans, nil
+}
+
+func Open(name string, size uint64) (MMap, error) {
+	ans, err := open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return file_mmap(ans, size, READ, false, name)
 }
+
+func ReadWithSizeAndUnlink(name string) ([]byte, error) {
+	f, err := open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	defer os.Remove(f.Name())
+	return read_with_size(f)
+}
diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
index 8974af3f5..a48ab0e2d 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
@@ -151,3 +151,13 @@ func Open(name string, size uint64) (MMap, error) {
 	}
 	return syscall_mmap(ans, size, READ, false)
 }
+
+func ReadWithSizeAndUnlink(name string) ([]byte, error) {
+	f, err := shm_open(name, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	defer shm_unlink(f.Name())
+	return read_with_size(f)
+}