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io.github.j0hanz/filesystem-mcp

Filesystem MCP

Is the Filesystem MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-11-12.

Filesystem MCP server for AI assistants.

alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-11-12

14tools
11ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
5.4 %of Claude's 200k window
4.3×the median server
788 msto initialize
24 msto list tools
Run it
npx -y @j0hanz/filesystem-mcp@2.20.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
npmjs.com
Reports itself as
filesystem-mcp 2.20.0
Capabilities
completions, prompts, resources, tools
Instructions
274 characters
Of a 1M window
1.1 % of a 1M context window
Count
11k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-11-12. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 11k. The o200k_base estimate is 6.5k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/j0hanz/filesystem-mcp
Website
https://github.com/j0hanz/filesystem-mcp
Registry
active, updated 2026-11-11 · registry entry
Changes
9 recorded, reachable in 9 of them. A row is added when the result, the tool count or the cost changes.

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.66×.

Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
replace_text1 30578612 %
edit1 24675011 %
search_text1 09065610 %
find_files9925979 %
read9425679 %

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History

We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.

ProbedResultInitToolsClaudeo200k
2026-11-12 08:57alive658 ms1411k6.5k
2026-11-08 08:03alive622 ms148.7k5.1k
2026-11-07 07:51alive646 ms148.4k5.0k
2026-11-06 08:38alive672 ms148.1k4.8k
2026-11-05 08:36alive669 ms147.7k4.5k
2026-11-02 08:21alive710 ms147.7k4.5k
2026-10-30 07:50alive628 ms147.7k4.5k
2026-10-29 07:46alive540 ms147.7k4.5k
2026-10-16 06:26alive788 ms137.1k4.2k

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