filesystem vs MCP_Server

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	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	MCP_Server by ThomasJanssen-tech
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Categories	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity	AI / LLM ToolsWeb ScrapingDeveloper Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	10 mo ago

filesystem · Summary

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

MCP_Server · Summary

Python MCP server for querying Crunchbase company data through Claude Desktop.

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_Server · Use cases

Researching companies and their data on Crunchbase
Analyzing market trends through company information
Competitive intelligence gathering

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.

MCP_Server · Install

Installation

Install UV

On Windows:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

On MacOS/Linux:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Download Claude Desktop

Download from: https://claude.ai/download

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ThomasJanssen-tech/MCP_Server
cd MCP_Server

Add Bright Data API Key

Get $15 Bright Data credits: https://brdta.com/tomstechacademy Rename .env.example to .env and add your Bright Data API key

Configure Claude Desktop

uv run mcp install main.py

Usage

Execute the following commands:

uv run download_data.py
uv run ingest_data.py

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