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Windsurf

Filesystem MCP for Windsurf

io.github.j0hanz/filesystem-mcp

Secure filesystem MCP server for reading, writing, searching, diffing, and patching files.

client:Windsurf transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Filesystem MCP in Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.codeium\windsurf\mcp_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@j0hanz/filesystem-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FS_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<FS_ALLOWED_DIRS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Global only — Windsurf has no per-project MCP config. Refresh Cascade after saving. Windsurf docs

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