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Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.
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MCP Filesystem
safurrier/mcp-filesystem
This was built before modern coding-agent harnesses had good filesystem tools, shell access, scoped editing, and context management. Those harnesses now provide the useful parts of this server directly, without adding another MCP layer.
Install
Client configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-filesystem": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/absolute/path/to/mcp-filesystem",
"run",
"run_server.py",
"/absolute/path/to/allowed-dir-1",
"/absolute/path/to/allowed-dir-2"
]
}
}
}Environment variables
REPO_PATHPROJECTS_PATHDOCUMENTS_PATH- Author
- @safurrier
- Category
- File System, Developer Tools
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
Tools (21)
list_allowed_directories
Show the sandbox roots available to this server process.
list_directory
List files and directories, with optional hidden-file and pattern filtering.
get_file_info
Return file or directory metadata.
read_file
Read one complete file.
read_multiple_files
Read several complete files in one tool call.
read_file_lines
Read a line range with offset and limit.
head_file
Read the first N lines of a text file.
tail_file
Read the last N lines of a text file.
directory_tree
Return a recursive directory tree with depth and pattern controls.
grep_files
Search file contents with literal or regex matching, context lines, pagination, size limits, and optional JSON output.
search_files
Find files or directories by glob pattern, optionally requiring content matches.
write_file
Create or overwrite a file.
create_directory
Create a directory, optionally including parents.
move_file
Move or rename a file or directory.
edit_file
Apply old-text/new-text edits and return a git-style diff.
edit_file_at_line
Apply line-targeted edits.
calculate_directory_size
Calculate directory size as human-readable text, bytes, or JSON.
find_duplicate_files
Find duplicate files by size and content hash.
compare_files
Compare two text files and return similarity plus diff output.
find_large_files
Find files above a size threshold.
find_empty_directories
Find empty directories.
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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