mcp-virustotal vs filesystem

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	mcp-virustotal by BurtTheCoder	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	SecurityDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	2 mo ago	this month

mcp-virustotal · Summary

MCP server for VirusTotal API providing comprehensive security analysis tools with automatic relationship data fetching.

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-virustotal · Use cases

Security researchers can analyze URLs, files, IPs, and domains for potential threats
Developers can integrate security checks into their applications using VirusTotal data
Security operations teams can automate threat intelligence gathering and analysis workflows

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

mcp-virustotal · Install

Installation

Claude Desktop

claude mcp add --transport stdio --env VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY=your-key virustotal -- npx -y @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal

Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop configuration (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "virustotal": {
      "command": "mcp-virustotal",
      "env": {
        "VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY": "your-virustotal-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Manual Installation

npm install -g @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal

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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