Bulk Filesystem Operations MCP Server

This project provides a FastMCP server that exposes tools for performing bulk file and folder operations. It includes centralized exception handling for filesystem operations.

Available Tools

The server provides the following tools, categorized by their functionality:

call_tool_bulk: Call a single tool registered on this MCP server multiple times with a single request. Useful for speeding up what would otherwise take several individual tool calls.
call_tools_bulk: Call multiple tools registered on this MCP server in a single request. Each call can be for a different tool and can include different arguments. Useful for speeding up what would otherwise take several individual tool calls.

To add bulk tools to your FastMCP server, see https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/pull/215

File Operations Tools (`file` server)

These tools are available under the file server namespace.

read: Reads the content of a file at the specified path
create: Creates a file with the specified content
append: Appends content to an existing file
erase: Erases the content of a file
move: Moves a file from source to destination
delete: Deletes a file at the specified path

Folder Operations Tools (`folder` server)

These tools are available under the folder server namespace.

create: Creates a folder at the specified path
read_all: Returns the contents of all of the files in a folder (optionally, recursively). This can be expensive!
list: Lists the contents of a folder (optionally, recursively)
move: Moves a folder from source to destination
delete: Deletes a folder at the specified path
empty: Empties a folder by deleting all its contents

Disabling Tools

You can disable specific file tools by setting the DISABLE_FILE_TOOLS to an array of tool names you want to disable. For example, to disable the file_read tool, set DISABLE_FILE_TOOLS=["file_read"].

You can disable specific folder tools by setting the DISABLE_FOLDER_TOOLS to an array of tool names you want to disable. For example, to disable the folder_create tool, set DISABLE_FOLDER_TOOLS=["folder_create"].

Bulk tools cannot currently be disabled.

VS Code McpServer Usage

Open the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P).
Type "Settings" and select "Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)".
Add the following MCP Server configuration

{
    "mcp": {
        "servers": {
            "Filesystem Operations": {
                "command": "uvx",
                "args": [
                    "https://github.com/strawgate/mcp-many-files.git"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Roo Code / Cline McpServer Usage

Simply add the following to your McpServer configuration. Edit the AlwaysAllow list to include the tools you want to use without confirmation.

    "Filesystem Operations": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "https://github.com/strawgate/mcp-many-files.git"
      ],
      "alwaysAllow": [
        "file_read",
        "file_create",
        "file_append",
        "file_erase",
        "file_move",
        "file_delete",
        "folder_create",
        "folder_contents",
        "folder_move",
        "folder_delete",
        "folder_empty",
        "call_tool_bulk",
        "call_tools_bulk"
      ]
    },

Development

Clone the repository:

# Replace with the actual repository URL
git clone https://github.com/strawgate/filesystem-operations-mcp.git
cd filesystem-operations-mcp

Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv sync --extra dev

Run the server locally for testing:

python -m filesystem-operations-mcp.server
# or using the installed script
filesystem-operations-mcp

You can also debug with vscode via the built in debug launch configuration. To point your MCP Client to this local server, use the following MCP server configuration:

"filesystem_operations_mcp": {
  "url": "http://localhost:8000/sse",
  "disabled": true,
  "autoApprove": [],
  "timeout": 30,
  "alwaysAllow": []
}

You can also set your uvx command to point to a branch on the repository via `"git+https://github.com/strawgate/filesystem-operations-mcp@branch-name"`.

Filesystem Operations