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MCP server — add to your Claude Code config (typically ~/.claude/mcp_settings.json or ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Or smoke-test directly:

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem

Details

Website	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem
GitHub	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers
License	MIT
Pricing	free
Tags	mcp-server filesystem official reference

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