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Filesystem MCP

Official MCP server for secure file operations with configurable access controls — read, write, and search files. Use to give an agent scoped local filesystem access.

claude mcp add filesystem -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem ~/

A real MCP server that runs as an external process in Claude Code. Requires its runtime (Node via npx or Python via uvx). Source: modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem.

Author
@modelcontextprotocol
Source
modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem
Targets
claude-code
License
MIT
Tags
integrations, files, mcp