Schema | MCP Local File Reader

MCP Local File Reader

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`MCP_ROOT_PATH`	No	Root directory for file access (defaults to current working directory)

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
list_directoryB	List contents of a directory. Returns file and directory information including names, types, sizes, and modification dates.
read_fileA	Read file content with automatic format detection. Supports text files, PDF, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and CSV with automatic encoding detection (Shift-JIS/UTF-8).
get_file_infoB	Get metadata about a file or directory including size, type, and modification date.
search_contentA	Search for text pattern in files (grep-like functionality). Returns list of unique file paths containing the pattern. Recursively searches all subdirectories by default. Automatically skips node_modules, .git, dist, build directories and binary files for performance.
find_filesA	Find files by name pattern. Returns list of matching file paths. Recursively searches all subdirectories by default.
list_excel_sheetsB	List all sheet names in an Excel file (.xlsx or .xls).
read_excel_sheetB	Read a specific sheet from an Excel file. Returns data as JSON.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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