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claude-prompts
by minipuft
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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claude-prompts · Summary

MCP prompt template server offering hot-reloadable prompts, validation gates, and workflow composition for various AI clients.

filesystem · Summary

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

claude-prompts · Use cases

  • Composing complex multi-step AI workflows with validation between steps
  • Creating and managing reusable prompt templates with version control
  • Implementing self-correcting AI systems that can validate and refine their own outputs

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-prompts · Install

Installation

Claude Code (Recommended)

# Add marketplace (first time only)
/plugin marketplace add minipuft/minipuft-plugins

# Install
/plugin install claude-prompts@minipuft

Claude Desktop

Add to your config file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-prompts": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "claude-prompts@latest", "--client", "claude-code"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code / Copilot

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "claude-prompts": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "claude-prompts@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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