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ClaudeR
by IMNMV
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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ClaudeR · Summary

ClaudeR bridges RStudio with MCP-based LLM agents for interactive coding, multi-agent orchestration, and automated manuscript auditing.

filesystem · Summary

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

ClaudeR · Use cases

  • Interactive data analysis with real-time code execution in RStudio
  • Automated manuscript auditing and statistical verification
  • Multi-agent collaborative coding on R scripts

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

ClaudeR · Install

Installation

# Install using devtools
if (!require("devtools")) install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("IMNMV/ClaudeR")

# Set up your AI tool
library(ClaudeR)
install_clauder()          # For Claude Desktop / Cursor
install_cli(tools = "claude")  # For Claude Code CLI

# Start the server in RStudio
claudeAddin()

For Claude Desktop configuration, add to Claude Desktop's config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clauder": {
      "command": "Rscript",
      "args": ["-e", "library(ClaudeR); claudeServe()"],
      "env": {
        "R_PROFILE_USER": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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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