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MCP server · Files & local

Filesystem

Official reference MCP server for reading, writing and searching local files within allowed directories.

Checked 2026-10-30

Install

Cursor / Claude Desktop (mcpServers JSON)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/Users/username/Desktop,dst=/projects/Desktop",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/other/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/other/allowed/dir,ro",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/file.txt,dst=/projects/path/to/file.txt",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace placeholder paths and keys with your own. Never paste real secrets into shared configs.

Verification note

Config snippet copied verbatim from the official README on 2026-10-30. Not run by Stack Registry.

Repo
modelcontextprotocol/servers
Maintainer
modelcontextprotocol
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Commit
2026-10-29
License
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