filesystem-edit-mcp 1.1.0

MCP server for filesystem operations with encoding support and umlaut fixing

filesystem-edit-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for filesystem operations with encoding support and umlaut fixing for C++ code.

Features

• read_text_file: Read files with configurable encoding per file extension
• edit_file: Edit files with pattern matching and automatic umlaut fixing
• Path validation: Security boundary enforcement via ALLOWED_DIRS
• Encoding support: Configure encodings per file pattern (e.g., latin-1 for .cpp)
• Umlaut fixing: Transform German umlauts in C++ string literals, comments, and character constants

Installation

uvx filesystem-edit-mcp

Configuration

Add to your MCP client config:

{
  "filesystem-edit-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["filesystem-edit-mcp"],
    "env": {
      "ALLOWED_DIRS": "/path/to/allowed/dir1:/path/to/dir2",
      "SERVER_CONFIG": "/path/to/server_config.json"
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

• ALLOWED_DIRS: Colon-separated list of directories the server can access
• SERVER_CONFIG: Path to the server configuration file (default: server_config.json)

Server Config

{
  "umlaut_config": {
    "string_mapping": { "Ä": "CAE_UMLT", "ä": "AE_UMLT" },
    "comment_mapping": { "Ä": "Ae", "ä": "ae" },
    "char_mapping": { "Ä": "CAE_UMLT_CHAR" }
  },
  "encoding_config": {
    "default": "utf-8",
    "mapping": { "*.cpp": "latin-1", "*.h": "latin-1" }
  }
}

License

MIT