🚀 Tafa MCP Server

Tafa (meaning "quick" in several African languages) is a production-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive file system management capabilities for seamless integration with Claude Desktop.

✨ Features

🗂️ File Operations

• read_file - Read complete file contents with UTF-8 encoding

• write_file - Create new files or overwrite existing ones (with backup)

• append_file - Add content to existing files

• copy_file - Copy files to new locations

• move_file - Move/rename files

• delete_file - Remove files with confirmation and backup

• get_file_info - Get detailed file metadata (size, dates, permissions, hash)

📁 Directory Operations

• create_directory - Create directories with parent creation

• list_directory - List contents with file/directory indicators (recursive option)

• delete_directory - Remove directories with confirmation and backup

• get_directory_info - Get directory metadata and statistics

🔍 Search Operations

• search_files - Recursive file search with pattern matching

• search_content - Search within file contents (grep-like functionality)

• find_duplicates - Find duplicate files by content hash

🔒 Security Features

• Sandboxed Operations - Only allow operations within specified directories

• Automatic Backups - Creates backups before destructive operations

• Path Validation - Prevents directory traversal attacks

• File Size Limits - Prevents operations on extremely large files

• Permission Checks - Validates read/write permissions before operations

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🛠️ Installation

Quick Install (NPM)

npm install -g tafa-mcp

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/your-org/tafa-mcp.git
cd tafa-mcp
npm install
npm run install-global

⚙️ Configuration

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

macOS/Linux: ~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tafa-mcp": {
      "command": "tafa-mcp",
      "args": [
        "/Users/username/Documents",
        "/Users/username/Desktop",
        "/Users/username/Downloads"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Docker Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tafa-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "-i", "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/Users/username/Documents,dst=/workspace/Documents",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/Users/username/Desktop,dst=/workspace/Desktop",
        "tafa-mcp",
        "/workspace"
      ]
    }
  }
}

🚀 Usage

Starting the Server

tafa-mcp /path/to/directory1 /path/to/directory2

Example Usage with Claude

Once configured, you can use Claude to perform file operations:

"Can you read the contents of my README.md file?"
"Please create a new file called notes.txt with some sample content"
"Search for all JavaScript files in my project directory"
"Find duplicate files in my Downloads folder"

🔧 Available Tools

File Operations

• read_file(path) - Read file contents

• write_file(path, content, backup=true) - Write file with optional backup

• append_file(path, content) - Append content to file

• copy_file(source, destination) - Copy file

• move_file(source, destination) - Move/rename file

• delete_file(path, backup=true) - Delete file with optional backup

• get_file_info(path) - Get file metadata

Directory Operations

• create_directory(path) - Create directory

• list_directory(path, recursive=false, showHidden=false) - List directory contents

• delete_directory(path, backup=true) - Delete directory with backup

Search Operations

• search_files(directory, pattern, recursive=true) - Search files by name pattern

• search_content(directory, searchTerm, filePattern="*", recursive=true) - Search file contents

Utility

• get_server_info() - Get server information and available tools

🔐 Security

Tafa MCP implements several security measures:

1. Directory Sandboxing: Operations are restricted to specified directories

2. Path Validation: Prevents directory traversal attacks

3. Permission Checks: Validates file system permissions

4. File Size Limits: Prevents operations on extremely large files (100MB default)

5. Automatic Backups: Creates backups before destructive operations

🗂️ Project Structure

tafa-mcp/
├── package.json
├── README.md
├── src/
│   ├── index.js              # Main server entry point
│   └── tools/
│       ├── fileOperations.js     # File operation handlers
│       ├── directoryOperations.js # Directory operation handlers
│       ├── searchOperations.js   # Search operation handlers
│       └── securityManager.js    # Security and validation
├── config/
│   └── claude_desktop_config.example.json
└── tests/
    └── basic-tests.js

🧪 Testing

Run basic tests:

npm test

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch

3. Make your changes

4. Add tests for new functionality

5. Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🆘 Support

For issues and support:

• GitHub Issues: Report a bug

• Documentation: Full documentation

🚀 Roadmap

• Archive operations (ZIP/TAR)

• File synchronization

• Batch operations

• File organization tools

• Git integration

• Extended search capabilities

Tafa MCP - Making file system operations fast and efficient for Claude Desktop! 🚀