Local Filesystem MCP Server
utilities By Anthropic
Description
Enables secure and sandboxed local directory read, write, search, and file information operations.
Install & Run Command
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem
Use this command in your Model Context Protocol client environment (e.g., Claude Desktop config or other orchestration transport setups).
mcp_config.json Snippet
Add this configuration block inside your local client mcpServers section:
"mcpServers":
{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"/path/to/folder"
]
}
}
}Server Details
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Author Anthropic
Category utilities
Status Active / Stable
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