Filesystem MCP Server

Overview

Part of the official Model Context Protocol reference servers collection. Gives an agent scoped file read/write/search access, restricted to allow-listed directories (set at startup or dynamically via MCP Roots).

Use cases

Install

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/Users/username/Desktop",
        "/path/to/other/allowed/dir"
      ]
    }
  }
}