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ingero
by ingero-io
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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ingero · Summary

Ingero is an eBPF-based GPU observability tool that exposes diagnostic capabilities through MCP for AI assistants.

filesystem · Summary

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

ingero · Use cases

  • AI assistants diagnosing GPU performance bottlenecks in ML training
  • Correlating CPU events with GPU stalls for root cause analysis
  • Automated incident investigation for distributed GPU workloads

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

ingero · Install

Binary Install (recommended)

VERSION=0.16.0
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/ingero-io/ingero/releases/download/v${VERSION}/ingero_${VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz
sudo mv ingero /usr/local/bin/

Start MCP server

ingero mcp

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ingero": {
      "command": "ingero",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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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