Filesift MCP Server

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Filesift runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 44 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 27 Feb 2026.

Local file search for AI agents — semantic + keyword indexing over your codebase.

Installs per day peak 28 · avg 9 · -35% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

pypi · filesift

Stars

0 open issues

27 Feb 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

Apache-2.0

License

Python

What the code does

We read the source, 3 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Unsafe deserialization filesift/_core/fast_storage.py:64, [пакет] filesift/_core/fast_storage.py:64

                return pickle.load(f)

Runs an external command filesift/cli/daemon_utils.py:46, [пакет] filesift/cli/daemon_utils.py:46

        result = subprocess.run(

Reads files and sends them to the network filesift/cli/command.py:520, [пакет] filesift/cli/command.py:520

                                for fp in root.rglob("*"):

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add filesift -- uvx filesift

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesift": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "filesift"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.filesift]
command = "uvx"
args = ["filesift"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesift": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "filesift"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "filesift": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "filesift"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Filesift — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Filesift?

Filesift runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package filesift was installed 44 times last week.

How do I connect Filesift?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls filesift straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Filesift?

The pypi package filesift was installed 44 times in the last week. Week over week that is -35%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Filesift open source?

Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 6 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.