MCP Filesystem Server

MIT License

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read_file

Extract and return the full contents of a file from the MCP Filesystem Server. Specify the file path and optional encoding (default: utf-8) to retrieve data as a string.

Instructions

Read the complete contents of a file.

Args:
    path: Path to the file
    encoding: File encoding (default: utf-8)
    ctx: MCP context

Returns:
    File contents as a string

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`encoding`	No		utf-8
`path`	Yes

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "encoding": {
      "default": "utf-8",
      "title": "Encoding",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "path": {
      "title": "Path",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "path"
  ],
  "title": "read_fileArguments",
  "type": "object"
}

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