mcp-connector vs filesystem

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	mcp-connector by foobara	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Ruby	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

mcp-connector · Summary

A Ruby gem that exposes Foobara commands as MCP tools for integration with AI assistants like Claude.

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-connector · Use cases

Integrating Ruby business logic with AI assistants
Exposing database operations through MCP
Creating custom tools for AI to use in data processing tasks

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-connector · Install

Installation:

gem install foobara-mcp-connector

Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-test": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "your-script-path",
      "args": [],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

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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