laravel-loop vs filesystem

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	laravel-loop by kirschbaum-development	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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laravel-loop · Summary

Laravel Loop is an MCP server connecting Laravel applications with AI assistants via tools for models, factories, and Stripe integration.

filesystem · Summary

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

laravel-loop · Use cases

Interact with Laravel models directly from AI assistants
Generate test data using Laravel factories through MCP clients
Perform Stripe payment operations from AI coding assistants

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

laravel-loop · Install

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require kirschbaum-development/laravel-loop

Publish configuration:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="loop-config"

Configuration

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Kirschbaum\Loop\Facades\Loop;
use Kirschbaum\Loop\Toolkits;
use Kirschbaum\Loop\Tools;

Loop::toolkit(Kirschbaum\Loop\Filament\FilamentToolkit::make());

Connecting to MCP Server

STDIO Transport

Start the MCP server:

php artisan loop:mcp:start [--user-id=1 [--user-model=] [--auth-guard=] [--debug]]

Configure Claude Code:

claude mcp add laravel-loop-mcp php /your/full/path/to/laravel/artisan loop:mcp:start --user-id=1

JSON Configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "laravel-loop-mcp": {
      "command": "php",
      "args": [
        "/your/full/path/to/laravel/artisan",
        "loop:mcp:start",
        "--user-id=1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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