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Filesystem
By Anthropic
Lets a model browse, read, and edit files inside directories you explicitly allow — and nothing else. The single most useful server for any local agent.
Install
Run directly:
$ npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /path/to/allowed/folderAdd to
claude_desktop_config.json:{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/Users/you/projects"]
}
}
}What you can do with it
- Let Claude edit your project files without going through an editor extension.
- Give an agent a scratch folder to work in safely.
- Build a doc-querying assistant over a folder of markdown notes.
Works with
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorZedWindsurfCline