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mcp-client-gen
by kriasoft
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Last commit4 mo agothis month

mcp-client-gen · Summary

Tool to generate type-safe TypeScript clients for any MCP server with OAuth 2.1 support.

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-client-gen · Use cases

  • Integrating MCP services into TypeScript applications with full type safety
  • Rapidly prototyping MCP client implementations for new services
  • Building applications that need to interact with multiple MCP servers consistently

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

mcp-client-gen · Install

# Install globally
npm install -g mcp-client-gen
# or
bun add -g mcp-client-gen

# Generate client from URL
npx mcp-client-gen https://mcp.notion.com/mcp -o notion.ts

# For Claude Desktop integration
# Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
"mcpServers": {
  "mcpClientGen": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["mcp-client-gen"]
  }
}

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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