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filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-zero
by zeromicro
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Official
Categories
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Last committhis month4 mo ago

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-zero · Summary

MCP server for go-zero framework that generates APIs, RPC services, and models with AI assistance.

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-zero · Use cases

  • Quickly generating new go-zero API and RPC services with minimal setup
  • Automatically creating database models from existing schemas or DDL files
  • Validating API specifications and protobuf definitions before generation

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-zero · Install

Installation

  1. Create a new directory for your MCP tool:

``bash mkdir go-zero-mcp && cd go-zero-mcp ``

  1. Initialize Go module:

``bash go mod init go-zero-mcp ``

  1. Install dependencies:

``bash go get github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk go get gopkg.in/yaml.v3 ``

  1. Save the main tool code as main.go
  1. Build the tool:

``bash go build -o mcp-zero main.go ``

  1. Configure Claude Desktop:

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop MCP settings: ``json { "mcpServers": { "mcp-zero": { "command": "/path/to/your/mcp-zero", "env": { "GOCTL_PATH": "/path/to/goctl" } } } } ``

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