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ontomics
by EtienneChollet
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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30d uses
Score4477
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Categories
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
LanguageRustTypeScript
Last commit1 mo agothis month

ontomics · Summary

ontomics extracts domain knowledge from codebases via MCP, reducing token consumption 20x and search time 10x by making concepts and naming conventions queryable.

filesystem · Summary

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

ontomics · Use cases

  • Accelerating code understanding by 20x through concept-based queries instead of file searches
  • Maintaining code consistency by checking naming conventions against established patterns
  • Discovering implementation similarities across differently named functions
  • Exporting domain knowledge to bootstrap new repositories with established conventions

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

ontomics · Install

Install ontomics using your preferred method:

**npm (macOS/Linux):**

npm install -g @ontomics/ontomics

**macOS (Homebrew):**

brew install EtienneChollet/tap/ontomics

**Register with Claude Desktop:** Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ontomics": {
      "command": "ontomics"
    }
  }
}

**Share with your team** — drop an .mcp.json in your repo root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ontomics": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ontomics/ontomics", "--repo", "."]
    }
  }
}

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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