Filesystem
Quality Score
88
/100
Read, create, and edit files.
§01 Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"filesystem-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<mcp_transport>"
}
}
}
}Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"filesystem-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<mcp_transport>"
}
}
}
}Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y filesystem-mcp§02 Environment variables
MCP_TRANSPORTrequired
Transport type.
§03 MCP Quality Score · methodology
freshness
23
completeness
15
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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