Filesystem

About Filesystem

A reference server that lets an assistant read and edit files in directories you allow. It's the simplest way to give a model controlled access to a project on disk.

Read and write local files, safely scoped.

Installing Filesystem

Runs on demand via npx. Nothing to install globally.

claude mcp add filesystem -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /path/to/allowed/dir

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/dir"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Not sure where the config file lives, or it isn't picking the server up? Config paths for every client.

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