Filesystem MCP: Documentation

Connection

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /path/allowed1 /path/allowed2 (stdio). Access is strictly inside the listed directories.

Tools

read_text_file, write_file, edit_file, list_directory, directory_tree, search_files, move_file, get_file_info, etc.

Agent flow

Working with local projects and documents where no full execution environment exists.