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MCP Edit File Lines

oakenai/mcp-edit-file-lines

A TypeScript-based MCP server that provides tools for making precise line-based edits to text files within allowed directories.

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Install

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edit-file-lines": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/edit-file-lines/build/index.js",
        "<allowed-directory>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_EDIT_STATE_TTL": "<MCP_EDIT_STATE_TTL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

MCP_EDIT_STATE_TTL
GitHub stars
21
Author
@oakenai
Category
File System, Developer Tools
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Replace entire lines

  • Replace specific text matches while preserving line formatting

  • Use regex patterns for complex matches

  • Handle multiple lines and multiple edits

  • Preview changes with dry run mode

  • Simple String Replacement

  • Multi-line Content with Preserved Structure

  • Complex JSX Structure Modification

  • Configuration Update with Whitespace Preservation

  • Flexible Whitespace Matching

Tools (4)

  • edit_file_lines

    Make line-based edits to a file using string or regex pattern matching.

  • approve_edit

    Apply changes from a previous dry run of edit_file_lines.

  • get_file_lines

    Inspect specific lines in a file with optional context lines.

  • search_file

    Search a file for text patterns or regular expressions to find specific line numbers and their surrounding context.

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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