Filesystem

by isaacphi

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Exposes local filesystem as resources to Claude, enabling real-time browsing, reading, and monitoring of files with automatic change detection and .gitignore pattern respect.

Details

Author: isaacphi
Repository: isaacphi/mcp-filesystem
License: MIT License
Categories: Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, Workplace, File Management, AI, Frontend, Infrastructure

- Resources: Creates one MCP resource for each file in your workspace
- Gitignore Support: Respects .gitignore rules
- Change Notification: Detects file changes, additions, and deletions
- MIME Type Detection and Encoding Handling: Identifies file types and handles various text encodings

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name Filesystem

Command (node, npx, python, etc.) /full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem
Arguments
- Argument 1 --workspace
- Argument 2 /path/to/repository
Environment
- DEBUG 1
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

From the repository

Your client will be able to access and reference all non-ignored files in your repository as MCP resources. Each file is registered as a separate resource with appropriate MIME type detection.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "filesystem": {
            "env": {
                "DEBUG": "1"
            },
            "args": [
                "--workspace",
                "/path/to/repository"
            ],
            "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
        }
    }
}

Linux

{
    "env": {
        "DEBUG": "1"
    },
    "args": [
        "--workspace",
        "/path/to/repository"
    ],
    "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
}

Macos

{
    "env": {
        "DEBUG": "1"
    },
    "args": [
        "--workspace",
        "/path/to/repository"
    ],
    "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
}

Windows

{
    "env": {
        "DEBUG": "1"
    },
    "args": [
        "--workspace",
        "/path/to/repository"
    ],
    "command": "/full/path/to/your/mcp-filesystem/mcp-filesystem"
}

MCP Filesystem

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes resources for each file in a working directory and sends change notifications.

Status

⚠️ Pre-beta Quality ⚠️

"It works on my machine". Issues are welcome ❤️

Features

Setup

Install Go: Follow instructions at <https://golang.org/doc/install>

Fetch or update this server:

go install github.com/isaacphi/mcp-filesystem@latest

Add the following to your client configuration (located at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "mcp-filesystem",
      "args": ["--workspace", "/path/to/your/repository"]
    }
  }
}

Replace /path/to/your/repository with the absolute path to your project directory.

Usage

Your client will be able to access and reference all non-ignored files in your repository as MCP resources. Each file is registered as a separate resource with appropriate MIME type detection.

Client Requirements

Your client needs to support the following MCP features:

- Resource Listing: The ability to list and access resources exposed by the server
- Change Notifications: Support for receiving notifications/resources/list_changed events
- Resource Content Access: Ability to request and render resource content with appropriate MIME types

About

This project uses:

- mark3labs/mcp-go for MCP communication
- fsnotify for file system event monitoring
- go-gitignore for parsing .gitignore files

Development

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/isaacphi/mcp-filesystem.git
cd mcp-filesystem

Install dependencies:

go mod download

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