Finance-personal-assistant vs filesystem
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
Finance-personal-assistant by beprith | filesystem by modelcontextprotocol | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | ★ 2 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 32 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | FinanceDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools | File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| Last commit | 9 mo ago | this month |
Finance-personal-assistant · Summary
A local MCP server providing mock financial data tools for testing applications without connecting to real systems.
filesystem · Summary
A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.
Finance-personal-assistant · Use cases
- Testing financial applications without real API dependencies
- Developing MCP client integrations in a safe environment
- Demonstrating MCP tool capabilities for financial data handling
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
Finance-personal-assistant · Install
Installation & Usage
- Install dependencies:
pip install mcp mcp-inspector- Start the server:
python main_mcp.pyClaude Desktop Configuration
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"local-financial-mcp": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["main_mcp.py"]
}
}
}FastMCP Integration
- Install FastMCP CLI:
pip install fastmcp- Launch with UI:
fastmcp dev main_mcp.py- Register in
mcp_servers.json:
{
"servers": {
"local-financial-mcp": {
"transport": "stdio",
"command": "python",
"args": ["main_mcp.py"],
"cwd": "<path-to-project-root>"
}
}
}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.