claude-code-skills vs filesystem

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	claude-code-skills by levnikolaevich	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 465	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	51	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

claude-code-skills · Summary

A comprehensive plugin suite with bundled MCP servers for Claude Code, including hex-line, hex-graph, hex-ssh, and hex-research for enhanced code intelligence.

filesystem · Summary

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

claude-code-skills · Use cases

Code analysis and audit with deterministic editing
Remote development via SSH with hash verification
Code knowledge graph creation and navigation
Research hypothesis and task management

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

claude-code-skills · Install

Installation

**Prerequisites:** [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code) or [OpenAI Codex CLI](https://developers.openai.com/codex)

# Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add levnikolaevich/claude-code-skills
/plugin install setup-environment@levnikolaevich-skills-marketplace

# Codex CLI
codex plugin marketplace add levnikolaevich/claude-code-skills
codex
/plugins

**MCP Server Installation:**

# hex-line — hash-verified file editing (bundled)
claude mcp add -s user hex-line -- npx -y @levnikolaevich/hex-line-mcp

# hex-ssh — token-efficient SSH with hash verification (bundled)
claude mcp add -s user hex-ssh -- npx -y @levnikolaevich/hex-ssh-mcp

# hex-graph — code knowledge graph (bundled)
claude mcp add -s user hex-graph -- npx -y @levnikolaevich/hex-graph-mcp

# hex-research — research hypothesis graph (bundled)
claude mcp add -s user hex-research -- npx -y @levnikolaevich/hex-research-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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