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MCP Text Editor

tumf/mcp-text-editor

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides line-oriented text file editing capabilities through a standardized API. Optimized for LLM tools with efficient partial file access to minimize token usage.

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Install

uvx mcp-text-editor

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "text-editor": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-text-editor"
      ]
    }
  }
}
GitHub stars
89
Author
@tumf
Category
File System, Developer Tools
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Line-oriented text file editing and reading

  • Smart partial file access to minimize token usage in LLM applications

  • Get text file contents with line range specification

  • Read multiple ranges from multiple files in a single operation

  • Line-based patch application with correct handling of line number shifts

  • Edit text file contents with conflict detection

  • Flexible character encoding support (utf-8, shift_jis, latin1, etc.)

  • Support for multiple file operations

  • Proper handling of concurrent edits with hash-based validation

  • Memory-efficient processing of large files

Tools (2)

  • get_text_file_contents

    Get the contents of one or more text files with line range specification.

  • patch_text_file_contents

    Apply one or more non-overlapping patches to one file.

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

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