Filesystem Context Mcp Server
About
Read-only MCP server for secure filesystem exploration, searching, and analysis
Explore
- 🔒 Security-first: Read-only operations with path validation
- 🚫 Symlink protection: Prevents directory escape attacks
- ⚡ Batch operations: Efficient parallel file reading
- 📊 Rich metadata: File types, sizes, permissions, MIME types
- 🔍 Powerful search: Glob patterns and regex content search
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Filesystem Context Mcp ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install via npx and configure the server to allow specific directories. Tools such as list_directory, read_file, search_files, search_content, and directory_tree are called through the Model Context Protocol interface to explore and read files without modifying them.
list_allowed_directories
Check accessible directories
list_directory
List contents with sorting and metadata
directory_tree
JSON tree structure for AI parsing
analyze_directory
Statistics: file counts, sizes, types
search_files
Find files by glob patterns
search_content
Grep-like regex search within files
read_file
Read single file with encoding options
read_multiple_files
Batch read multiple files in parallel
read_media_file
Read binary/media files as base64
get_file_info
Detailed metadata (size, MIME, permissions)
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| list_allowed_directories | Check accessible directories |
| list_directory | List contents with sorting and metadata |
| directory_tree | JSON tree structure for AI parsing |
| analyze_directory | Statistics: file counts, sizes, types |
| search_files | Find files by glob patterns |
| search_content | Grep-like regex search within files |
| read_file | Read single file with encoding options |
| read_multiple_files | Batch read multiple files in parallel |
| read_media_file | Read binary/media files as base64 |
| get_file_info | Detailed metadata (size, MIME, permissions) |
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem context mcp server": {
"filesystem-context": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"filesystem-context": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp"
]
}
}Features
- 🔒 Security-first: Read-only operations with path validation - 🚫 Symlink protection: Prevents directory escape attacks - ⚡ Batch operations: Efficient parallel file reading - 📊 Rich metadata: File types, sizes, permissions, MIME types - 🔍 Powerful search: Glob patterns and regex content searchTools
| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| |list_allowed_directories | Check accessible directories |
| list_directory | List contents with sorting and metadata |
| directory_tree | JSON tree structure for AI parsing |
| analyze_directory | Statistics: file counts, sizes, types |
| search_files | Find files by glob patterns |
| search_content | Grep-like regex search within files |
| read_file | Read single file with encoding options |
| read_multiple_files | Batch read multiple files in parallel |
| read_media_file | Read binary/media files as base64 |
| get_file_info | Detailed metadata (size, MIME, permissions) |
Installation
``bash
npx -y @j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp@latest
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