AlphaFold-MCP-Server vs filesystem

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	AlphaFold-MCP-Server by Augmented-Nature	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsOther	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Last commit	5 mo ago	this month

AlphaFold-MCP-Server · Summary

A comprehensive MCP server providing access to AlphaFold Protein Structure Database with tools for structure retrieval and analysis.

filesystem · Summary

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

AlphaFold-MCP-Server · Use cases

Researchers can quickly retrieve and analyze protein structures for comparative studies
Bioinformaticians can perform batch processing on multiple protein structures simultaneously
Structural biologists can prepare visualization files with confidence score coloring for presentations

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

AlphaFold-MCP-Server · Install

# Clone or create the server directory
npm install

# Build the server
npm run build

Add to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alphafold-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/alphafold-server/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

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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