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task-orchestrator
by jpicklyk
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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task-orchestrator · Summary

MCP server providing server-enforced workflow discipline for AI agents with persistent work items, dependency graphs, and actor attribution.

filesystem · Summary

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

task-orchestrator · Use cases

  • Managing complex multi-agent AI development workflows
  • Enforcing documentation requirements before implementation
  • Tracking which AI agent made which changes across sessions
  • Validating dependency ordering in complex projects

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

task-orchestrator · Install

Installation with Docker

# Pull the latest image
docker pull ghcr.io/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator:latest

# Register with Claude Code
claude mcp add-json mcp-task-orchestrator '{
  "command": "docker",
  "args": [
    "run", "--rm", "-i",
    "-v", "mcp-task-data:/app/data",
    "ghcr.io/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator:latest"
  ]
}'

# For MCP clients: add to .mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-task-orchestrator": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "--rm", "-i",
        "-v", "mcp-task-data:/app/data",
        "ghcr.io/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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