Local Filesystem

Local Filesystem

Give your AI assistant full read and write access to your local filesystem. Create, edit, move, and delete files directly from your conversation.

⚠️ Security Note: This tool grants write and delete access to files on your machine. Configure the ALLOWED_DIRS environment variable to restrict access to specific directories.

Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "local-filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@mcpnodehub/filesystem-tools"],
      "env": {
        "ALLOWED_DIRS": "/Users/you/projects,/Users/you/documents"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example Prompts

• "Create a new file called notes.md in my projects folder"
• "Read the contents of ~/projects/myapp/README.md"
• "List all files in my documents folder modified in the last week"