📂 filesystem-mcp

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for file system operations. Enable AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and others to read, write, and manage files on your local system.

🚀 Features

• 📖 Read files - Read file contents with size limits

• 📂 List directories - View files with metadata (size, type)

• ✏️ Write files - Create and update files

• 🗑️ Delete files - Remove files and directories

• 🔍 Search files - Glob pattern matching

• 📊 File info - Get detailed metadata

• 📁 Directory operations - Create, copy, move directories

Related MCP server: MCP File Browser Server

📦 Installation

pip install filesystem-mcp

🔧 Usage

CLI Mode

# Start the MCP server (read-write mode)
filesystem-mcp --directory /path/to/your/project

# Start in read-only mode
filesystem-mcp --directory /path/to/your/project --readonly

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "filesystem-mcp",
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/your/project"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to Cursor settings (MCP configuration):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "filesystem-mcp",
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/your/project"]
    }
  }
}

🛠️ Available Tools

📝 Example

from filesystem_mcp import FileSystemServer

# Create server instance
server = FileSystemServer(root_directory="/path/to/project")

# Run the server
server.run()

🔐 Security

• Path restrictions: All operations are restricted to the specified root directory

• File size limits: Maximum 1MB for file reads

• Optional read-only mode: Use --readonly flag to disable all write operations

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository

2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)

3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')

4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)

5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.