contextplus vs filesystem

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contextplus · Summary

Context+ is an MCP server that transforms codebases into searchable feature graphs using RAG, AST parsing, and semantic linking.

filesystem · Summary

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

contextplus · Use cases

Large-scale code navigation and understanding in complex codebases
Semantic code search and identifier-level retrieval across projects
Code analysis including blast radius tracing and static analysis
Knowledge management for code with Obsidian-style feature hubs

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

contextplus · Install

Installation

Quick Start (npx / bunx)

No installation needed. Add Context+ to your IDE MCP config.

For Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf, use mcpServers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contextplus": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["contextplus"],
      "env": {
        "OLLAMA_EMBED_MODEL": "nomic-embed-text",
        "OLLAMA_CHAT_MODEL": "gemma2:27b",
        "OLLAMA_API_KEY": "YOUR_OLLAMA_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

For VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json), use servers and inputs:

{
  "servers": {
    "contextplus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["contextplus"],
      "env": {
        "OLLAMA_EMBED_MODEL": "nomic-embed-text",
        "OLLAMA_CHAT_MODEL": "gemma2:27b",
        "OLLAMA_API_KEY": "YOUR_OLLAMA_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": []
}

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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