MCP Filesystem Server

This MCP server provides secure access to the local filesystem via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Components

Resources

file://

- Name: File System - Description: Access to files and directories on the local file system

Tools

#### File Operations

read_file

- Read the complete contents of a file from the file system - Parameters: path (required): Path to the file to read

read_multiple_files

- Read the contents of multiple files in a single operation - Parameters: paths (required): List of file paths to read

write_file

- Create a new file or overwrite an existing file with new content - Parameters: path (required): Path where to write the file, content (required): Content to write to the file

copy_file

- Copy files and directories - Parameters: source (required): Source path of the file or directory, destination (required): Destination path

move_file

- Move or rename files and directories - Parameters: source (required): Source path of the file or directory, destination (required): Destination path

delete_file

- Delete a file or directory from the file system - Parameters: path (required): Path to the file or directory to delete, recursive (optional): Whether to recursively delete directories (default: false)

modify_file

- Update file by finding and replacing text using string matching or regex - Parameters: path (required): Path to the file to modify, find (required): Text to search for, replace (required): Text to replace with, all_occurrences (optional): Replace all occurrences (default: true), regex (optional): Treat find pattern as regex (default: false)

#### Directory Operations

list_directory

- Get a detailed listing of all files and directories in a specified path - Parameters: path (required): Path of the directory to list

create_directory

- Create a new directory or ensure a directory exists - Parameters: path (required): Path of the directory to create

tree

- Returns a hierarchical JSON representation of a directory structure - Parameters: path (required): Path of the directory to traverse, depth (optional): Maximum depth to traverse (default: 3), follow_symlinks (optional): Whether to follow symbolic links (default: false)

#### Search and Information

search_files

- Recursively search for files and directories matching a pattern - Parameters: path (required): Starting path for the search, pattern (required): Search pattern to match against file names

search_within_files

- Search for text within file contents across directory trees - Parameters: path (required): Starting directory for the search, substring (required): Text to search for within file contents, depth (optional): Maximum directory depth to search, max_results (optional): Maximum number of results to return (default: 1000)

get_file_info

- Retrieve detailed metadata about a file or directory - Parameters: path (required): Path to the file or directory

list_allowed_directories

- Returns the list of directories that this server is allowed to access - Parameters: None

Features

Secure access to specified directories

Path validation to prevent directory traversal attacks

Symlink resolution with security checks

MIME type detection

Support for text, binary, and image files

Size limits for inline content and base64 encoding

Getting Started

Installation

#### Using Go Install

go install github.com/mark3labs/mcp-filesystem-server@latest

Usage

#### As a standalone server

Start the MCP server with allowed directories:

mcp-filesystem-server /path/to/allowed/directory [/another/allowed/directory ...]

#### As a library in your Go project

package main
import (
	"log"
	"os"
	"github.com/mark3labs/mcp-filesystem-server/filesystemserver"
)
func main() {
	// Create a new filesystem server with allowed directories
	allowedDirs := []string{"/path/to/allowed/directory", "/another/allowed/directory"}
	fs, err := filesystemserver.NewFilesystemServer(allowedDirs)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create server: %v", err)
	}
	// Serve requests
	if err := fs.Serve(); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Server error: %v", err)
	}
}

Usage with Model Context Protocol

To integrate this server with apps that support MCP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "mcp-filesystem-server",
      "args": ["/path/to/allowed/directory", "/another/allowed/directory"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

#### Running with Docker

You can run the Filesystem MCP server using Docker:

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mark3labs/mcp-filesystem-server:latest /path/to/allowed/directory

#### Docker Configuration with MCP

To integrate the Docker image with apps that support MCP:

```json { "mcpServers": { "filesystem": {