Filesystem Context runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.
🔍 Read-only MCP server for secure filesystem exploration, searching, and analysis
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add filesystem-context -- npx -y @j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem-context": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.filesystem-context]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem-context": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem-context": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
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