Protect your most sensitive data by using this data security first filesystem. This node.js server builds on top of Filesystem MCP Server and lets you control which files your MCP Client can access using .mcpignore file.

• Control MCP client's access to your filesystem based on .mcpignore
• Read/write files
• Create/list/delete directories
• Move files/directories
• Search files
• Get file metadata

Note: Create an .mcpignore file for each direcoties specified via args

The .mcpignore file uses the same patterns as .gitignore

# Ignore specific file `.env`
.env

# Ignore all files with a `.safetensor` extension
*.safetensors

# Ignore specific directory, 'assets/logos' and its files
assets/logos/

For details, refer to Filesystem MCP Server API Spec

Note: directory_tree and search_files are allowed only to retrieve the file names

• Claude: Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json
• Cline: Add this to your cline_mcp_settings.json
• Cursor: Add this to your mcp.json

Note: .mcpingore applies to the list of allowed directories that you provide as args

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcpignore-filesystem": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@cyberhaven/mcpignore-filesystem",
                "/Users/<username>/Desktop",
                "/path/to/other/allowed/dir"
            ]
        }
    }
}

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for information on contributing to this repository.

See SECURITY.md for information on security.