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Corbell
by Corbell-AI
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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30d uses
Score5077
Official
Categories
Knowledge GraphDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
LanguagePythonTypeScript
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Corbell · Summary

MCP server providing architecture graph intelligence, code search, and spec generation tools for backend teams.

filesystem · Summary

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

Corbell · Use cases

  • Discover cross-service dependencies and call paths before implementing features
  • Generate architecture specifications that respect established patterns
  • Automatically decompose specs into Linear/Jira tasks with full context

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

Corbell · Install

Install Corbell via pip:

pip install corbell
# With LLM support:
pip install "corbell[anthropic]"    # Claude
# Or for MCP:
corbell mcp serve

For Claude Desktop integration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "corbell": {
      "command": "corbell",
      "args": ["mcp", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

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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