OfficialMCP Server

Filesystem

Read, write, and manage files in scoped local directories via Claude.

Install

npx
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /Users/you/projects

Add this to your Claude Code MCP settings or run via the CLI.

About

Official Anthropic MCP server giving Claude controlled file-system access. You scope it to specific directories at launch; Claude can list, read, write, move, search files within those roots.

Common use cases

  • Read project source
  • Write generated code
  • Search across docs

Tags

officialfilesio