theia Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

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Filesystem (theia) MCP Server

Model Context Protocol (filesystem) server

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Ready-to-Use Client Configurations

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES": "/path/to/dir"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES": "/path/to/dir"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES": "/path/to/dir"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES": "/path/to/dir"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES": "/path/to/dir"
      }
    }
  }
}

docker run -i --rm -e ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES="<YOUR_ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES>" mcp/filesystem

Required Environment Variables & Credentials (1)

Variable Name	Required	Description	Example / Default
ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES	REQUIRED	Absolute paths to allow read/write access	`/path/to/dir`