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Filesystem for Windsurf

io.github.modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem

Reference server for local file operations, scoped to directories you pass as arguments. Read, write, edit, search and inspect files and directory trees.

client:Windsurf transport:stdio runtime:npm tools:11

Install Filesystem in Windsurf

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

What Windsurf can do once it is connected

Filesystem in other clients