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Filesystem (reference) MCP server

Reference server for reading and writing local files, limited to directories you allow.

Transport	stdio (local, npm)
Auth / credentials	None (runs locally)
Registry name	Not in official registry (listed from source repo)
Source code	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem
Data source	modelcontextprotocol/servers (reference servers)
Date checked	2026-10-17

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