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Filesystem MCP Server

io.github.domdomegg/filesystem-mcp

What is the Filesystem MCP server?

Read, create, and edit files.

How to install Filesystem

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • MCP_TRANSPORT
    required

    Transport type.

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "filesystem-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "filesystem-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "filesystem-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "filesystem-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "filesystem-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add filesystem-mcp --env MCP_TRANSPORT=<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT> -- npx -y filesystem-mcp

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