dotbot vs filesystem

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	dotbot by andresharpe	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 50	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	45	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	PowerShell	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

dotbot · Summary

Zero-dependency MCP server for structured, auditable AI-assisted development in teams.

filesystem · Summary

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

dotbot · Use cases

Team-based AI development with auditable trails for compliance and knowledge sharing
Multi-step AI coding workflows with task dependencies and model selection per task
Enterprise workflow and stack registry for standardizing AI-assisted development processes

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

dotbot · Install

Installation

**Install dotbot globally**:

Install-Module Dotbot -Scope CurrentUser

**Initialize in your project**:

cd your-project
dotbot init
dotbot init -Workflow <workflow-name> -Stack <stack-name>

**Configure MCP Server** in Claude Desktop or similar:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dotbot": {
      "command": "pwsh",
      "args": ["-NoProfile", "-File", ".bot/systems/mcp/dotbot-mcp.ps1"]
    }
  }
}

**Start the web dashboard**:

.bot\go.ps1

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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