Is File Tools MCP Server safe to use?

File Tools MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install File Tools MCP Server?

File Tools MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can File Tools MCP Server do?

File Tools MCP Server provides 21 tools: read_text_file, read_multiple_files, write_file, edit_file, copy_file and 16 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with File Tools MCP Server?

File Tools MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is File Tools MCP Server actively maintained?

File Tools MCP Server is actively maintained — last commit was 4 days ago. It has 16 GitHub stars.

File Tools MCP Server

@modelcontextprotocol/inspector

Non-UTF-8/Unicode encoding: CP1251, CP1252, KOI8-R, ISO-8859 with auto-detection

16 169.1k/wk 21 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

No license

Actively maintained

Last commit 4d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

21 tools · ~877 tok

Grade B · 0.4% of 200K ctx

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Developer Tools

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "file-tools": {
      "args": [
        "D:\\Projects",
        "C:\\Users\\YOUR_NAME\\Documents"
      ],
      "command": "C:\\Users\\YOUR_NAME\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\mcp-file-tools\\mcp-file-tools.exe"
    }
  }
}

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What File Tools MCP Server does

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Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y '@modelcontextprotocol/inspector' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

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87/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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2 fixed

CVE-2025-58444info · fixed

MCP Inspector is Vulnerable to Potential Command Execution via XSS When Connecting to an Untrusted MCP Server

An XSS flaw exists in the MCP Inspector local development tool when it renders a redirect URL returned by a remote MCP server. If the Inspector connects to an untrusted server, a crafted redirect can inject script into the Inspector context and, via the built-in proxy, be leveraged to trigger arbitrary command execution on the developer machine. Version 0.16.6 hardens URL handling/validation and prevents script execution. > Thank you to the following researchers for their reports and contributi

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 0.16.6source →

CVE-2025-49596info · fixed

MCP Inspector proxy server lacks authentication between the Inspector client and proxy

Versions of MCP Inspector below 0.14.1 are vulnerable to remote code execution due to lack of authentication between the Inspector client and proxy, allowing unauthenticated requests to launch MCP commands over stdio. Users should immediately upgrade to version 0.14.1 or later to address these vulnerabilities. Credit: Rémy Marot <bughunters@tenable.com>

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 0.14.1source →

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Is File Tools MCP Server safe to use?: File Tools MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install File Tools MCP Server?: File Tools MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can File Tools MCP Server do?: File Tools MCP Server provides 21 tools: read_text_file, read_multiple_files, write_file, edit_file, copy_file and 16 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with File Tools MCP Server?: File Tools MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is File Tools MCP Server actively maintained?: File Tools MCP Server is actively maintained — last commit was 4 days ago. It has 16 GitHub stars.

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Developer Tools

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "file-tools": {
      "args": [
        "D:\\Projects",
        "C:\\Users\\YOUR_NAME\\Documents"
      ],
      "command": "C:\\Users\\YOUR_NAME\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\mcp-file-tools\\mcp-file-tools.exe"
    }
  }
}

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What File Tools MCP Server does

Claude sees Настройки — not ???? or Íàñòðîéêè.

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y '@modelcontextprotocol/inspector' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

After testing, let us know if it worked:

README

MCP File Tools

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MCP server for file operations with non-UTF-8 encoding support. Auto-detects and converts 24 encodings (Cyrillic, Windows-125x, ISO-8859, KOI8, UTF-16, GBK/GB18030) so AI assistants can read and write legacy files without corrupting data.

Perfect for: Delphi/Pascal projects, legacy VB6 apps, old PHP/HTML sites, config files with non-UTF-8 text.

What It Does

Provides 21 tools for file operations with automatic encoding conversion:

read_text_file - Read files with encoding auto-detection and conversion
read_multiple_files - Read multiple files concurrently with encoding support
write_file - Write files in specific encodings
edit_file - Line-based edits with diff preview and whitespace-flexible matching
copy_file - Copy a file to a new location
delete_file - Delete a file
list_directory - Browse directories with pattern filtering
tree - Compact indented tree view (85% fewer tokens than JSON)
directory_tree - Get recursive tree view as JSON (deprecated, use tree)
search_files - Recursively search for files matching glob patterns
grep_text_files - Regex search in file contents with encoding support
detect_encoding - Auto-detect file encoding with confidence score
convert_encoding - Convert file between encodings
detect_line_endings - Detect line ending style (CRLF/LF/mixed)
change_line_endings - Convert line endings to LF or CRLF
manage_bom - Detect, strip, or add Unicode BOM
list_encodings - Show all supported encodings
get_file_info - Get file/directory metadata
create_directory - Create directories recursively (mkdir -p)
move_file - Move or rename files and directories
list_allowed_directories - Show accessible directories

Supported encodings (22 total):

Unicode: UTF-8, UTF-16 LE, UTF-16 BE (with BOM detection for UTF-16 and UTF-32)
Cyrillic: Windows-1251, KOI8-R, KOI8-U, CP866, ISO-8859-5
Western European: Windows-1252, ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-15
Central European: Windows-1250, ISO-8859-2
Greek: Windows-1253, ISO-8859-7
Turkish: Windows-1254, ISO-8859-9
Other: Hebrew (1255), Arabic (1256), Baltic (1257), Vietnamese (1258), Thai (874)

See TOOLS.md for detailed parameters and examples.

Security: All operations restricted to allowed directories only.

Installation

Claude Code plugin (recommended)

The simplest way to use this with Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add dimitar-grigorov/mcp-file-tools
/plugin install mcp-file-tools

On first launch the plugin downloads the right binary for your OS, verifies its SHA-256, caches it, and keeps it pinned to a known version. The server is automatically scoped to the folder you have open (via the MCP roots protocol), so there is nothing to

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

87/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−13

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

2 fixed

CVE-2025-58444info · fixed

MCP Inspector is Vulnerable to Potential Command Execution via XSS When Connecting to an Untrusted MCP Server

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 0.16.6source →

CVE-2025-49596info · fixed

MCP Inspector proxy server lacks authentication between the Inspector client and proxy

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 0.14.1source →

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Tools (21)

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~877 tokens total

Community

Reviews

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Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is File Tools MCP Server safe to use?: File Tools MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install File Tools MCP Server?: File Tools MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can File Tools MCP Server do?: File Tools MCP Server provides 21 tools: read_text_file, read_multiple_files, write_file, edit_file, copy_file and 16 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with File Tools MCP Server?: File Tools MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is File Tools MCP Server actively maintained?: File Tools MCP Server is actively maintained — last commit was 4 days ago. It has 16 GitHub stars.