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mcp-hands-on-with-agentic-ai
by manulthanura
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Toolseducation
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
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mcp-hands-on-with-agentic-ai · Summary

Educational repository with MCP server examples and templates for building agentic AI capabilities.

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-hands-on-with-agentic-ai · Use cases

  • Learning MCP implementation through practical examples
  • Building custom MCP servers for specific AI agent capabilities
  • Creating tools for text analysis and documentation generation

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-hands-on-with-agentic-ai · Install

Installation

Each example folder contains its own README.md file with specific installation instructions. Generally, the process involves:

  1. Clone the repository to your computer
  2. Navigate to the specific example folder (e.g., mcp-server-examples/text-assist)
  3. Follow the package installation instructions (npm install for TypeScript, pip install for Python)
  4. Run the server in development mode using the MCP Inspector
  5. Configure Claude Desktop or Cursor to use the MCP server

For Claude Desktop, you would typically need to add the server configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

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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