18 Tools + 3 Aliases
Read, write, edit, copy, move, delete, search, analyze, batch, media, and more. Official MCP server aliases included.
MCP Filesystem Light
Lightweight filesystem access for Claude Desktop. Normalizer intelligence ported from ultra — same resilience, fewer tools.
What is this?
Section titled “What is this?”An MCP server that gives Claude Desktop (and other MCP clients) safe, validated access to your local filesystem. 18 tools + 3 official MCP aliases covering file operations, search, analysis, batch changes, media reads, and development observability.
Built as the lightweight edition of mcp-filesystem-go-ultra. Same normalizer layer that prevents parameter mismatches — without the full feature set.
Normalizer
50+ rules for parameter aliasing, type coercion, and JSON flexibility. Zero errors from parameter name mismatches.
Path Security
All paths validated against an allow-list. Symlinks resolved and re-checked. Traversal blocked.
Dev Logging
Optional audit logging, request correlation, CLI inspection, and a local dashboard for debugging Claude Desktop sessions.
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”Installation
Install and configure in under 2 minutes.
Tools Reference
All 18 tools + 3 aliases with parameters and descriptions.
Claude Desktop
Configure Claude Desktop including --dev, --log-dir, and the local log dashboard.
Normalizer
How the normalizer works — parameter aliasing, type coercion, escape recovery.
vs Ultra
Compare this server with the full-featured ultra edition.