Model-Context-Protocol vs filesystem

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	Model-Context-Protocol by Abdulabin	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 0	★ 85,748
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Score	30	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsProductivity	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	11 mo ago	this month

Model-Context-Protocol · Summary

A Python MCP client implementing multi-server connectivity with LLM orchestration via Gemini API.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

Model-Context-Protocol · Use cases

Building AI assistants with real-time access to external tools and data
Academic research bots that can search and analyze papers from APIs
Developer environments combining LLMs with custom tooling

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

Model-Context-Protocol · Install

# Clone and install dependencies
git clone https://github.com/Abdulabin/Model-Context-Protocol.git
cd Model-Context-Protocol
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Configure API keys
# Create .env file with GEMINI_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

# Run CLI client
python mcp_client.py

# Start web UI
uvicorn app:app

For Claude Desktop integration, add this to config.json:

"mcpServers": {
  "python-client": {
    "command": "python",
    "args": ["/path/to/Model-Context-Protocol/mcp_client.py"]
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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