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com.pulsemcp/remote-filesystem

MCP server for remote filesystem operations on cloud storage (Google Cloud Storage).

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install remote filesystem in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gcs-bucket",
      "description": "GCS_BUCKET",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gcs-project-id",
      "description": "GCS_PROJECT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gcs-client-email",
      "description": "GCS_CLIENT_EMAIL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gcs-private-key",
      "description": "GCS_PRIVATE_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "google-application-credentials",
      "description": "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gcs-root-path",
      "description": "GCS_ROOT_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gcs-make-public",
      "description": "GCS_MAKE_PUBLIC",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "enabled-toolgroups",
      "description": "ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "remote-filesystem": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "remote-filesystem-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GCS_BUCKET": "${input:gcs-bucket}",
        "GCS_PROJECT_ID": "${input:gcs-project-id}",
        "GCS_CLIENT_EMAIL": "${input:gcs-client-email}",
        "GCS_PRIVATE_KEY": "${input:gcs-private-key}",
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "${input:google-application-credentials}",
        "GCS_ROOT_PATH": "${input:gcs-root-path}",
        "GCS_MAKE_PUBLIC": "${input:gcs-make-public}",
        "ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS": "${input:enabled-toolgroups}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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