filesystem mcp server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides filesystem operations for Claude AI.

Features

This MCP server provides the following filesystem operations:

1. read_file: Read complete contents of a file
2. Input: path (string)

3. Reads complete file contents with UTF-8 encoding

4. read_multiple_files: Read multiple files simultaneously

5. Input: paths (string[])

6. Failed reads Will not stop the entire operation

7. write_file: Create new file or overwrite existing

8. Inputs:

   • path (string): File location
   • content (string): File content

9. create_directory: Create new directory or ensure it exists

10. Input: path (string)
11. Creates parent directories if needed

12. Succeeds silently if directory exists

13. list_directory: List directory contents with [FILE] or [DIR] prefixes

14. Input: path (string)

15. move_file: Move or rename files and directories

16. Inputs:
    • source (string)
    • destination (string)

17. Fails if destination exists

18. search_files: Recursively search for files/directories

19. Inputs:
    • path (string): Starting directory
    • pattern (string): Search pattern
20. Case-insensitive matching

21. Returns full paths to matches

22. get_file_info: Get detailed file/directory metadata

23. Input: path (string)

24. Returns:

    • Size
    • Creation time
    • Modified time
    • Access time
    • Type (file/directory)
    • Permissions

25. list_allowed_directories: List all directories the server is allowed to access

26. No input required
27. Returns directories that this server can read/write from

Security

The server only allows operations within directories specified via command-line arguments.

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Build the project: npm run build

Usage

Run the server with one or more allowed directories:

node build/index.js /path/to/allowed/dir1 /path/to/allowed/dir2

MCP Configuration

Add the server to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/filesystem-server/build/index.js",
        "/path/to/allowed/dir1",
        "/path/to/allowed/dir2"
      ],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

License

ISC