Filesystem MCP Servers

Secure file operations with configurable access controls. Read, write, and manage files safely.

Microsoft MarkItDown document conversion MCP server. Converts 29+ formats to clean Markdown including PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, HTML, images (with OCR), and audio files (via transcription). Perfect for feeding rich document content to AI workflows.

The Google Drive MCP Server is Anthropic's official Model Context Protocol integration for Google Drive, enabling AI assistants to search, read, and interact with files stored in your Drive workspace. Part of the original modelcontextprotocol/servers collection, this integration exposes Google Drive's file system as callable MCP tools: search files by name or content across your entire Drive, read the contents of Google Docs and Google Sheets as plain text, list files in specific folders, retrieve file metadata including owner, last modified date, and sharing settings, and export native Google Workspace documents to accessible formats. Real-world use cases include asking Claude to "find my Q2 budget spreadsheet and summarize it," "search all my Drive for documents about the product roadmap," or "read the meeting notes from last week's team sync." Authentication requires Google OAuth 2.0 credentials — create a project in Google Cloud Console, enable the Drive API, download the credentials.json file, and complete the one-time authorization flow on first run. Install via npm using: `npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive`. Compatible with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Cline. Ideal for knowledge workers who want AI-assisted document retrieval and content summarization without manually navigating Google Drive.

dbx-mcp-server (amgadabdelhafez/dbx-mcp-server) is a community-built MCP server that gives AI assistants full read/write access to a Dropbox account through Dropbox's public API. Tools cover core file operations (list, upload, download, copy, move, and safe-delete with recycle-bin support so nothing is destroyed permanently), folder creation, metadata lookups, and content search across an account, letting a client answer "find my Q3 budget spreadsheet" or "move all screenshots from this month into an Archive folder" without a human digging through folders manually. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 with PKCE: register a Scoped-Access app in the Dropbox App Console, grant the specific permission scopes needed (files.metadata.read, files.content.read/write, sharing.write, account_info.read), and supply `DROPBOX_APP_KEY`, `DROPBOX_APP_SECRET`, `DROPBOX_REDIRECT_URI`, and a `TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY` for secure local token storage with automatic refresh. Install by cloning the repo, running `npm install && npm run build`, then `npm run setup` to complete the OAuth flow. Note this is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dropbox — Dropbox itself ships a separate, narrower official MCP server (dropbox/mcp-server-dash) scoped specifically to Dropbox Dash search and AI-assistant integration rather than general file management.

Microsoft MCP (elyxlz/microsoft-mcp) is a community-built MCP server that wraps the Microsoft Graph API to give AI assistants access to OneDrive files alongside Outlook mail, Calendar, and Contacts in a single unified integration — useful since most OneDrive usage happens inside the same Microsoft 365 account as email and scheduling. The file toolset covers list_files (paginated OneDrive browsing), get_file (download content), create_file (upload), update_file, delete_file, search_files, and a cross-surface unified_search tool that searches emails, events, and files together in one call, letting a client answer "find the contract I emailed myself last week" without knowing whether it lives in Mail or OneDrive. The server supports multiple simultaneous Microsoft accounts (personal, work, school) via list_accounts/authenticate_account/complete_authentication tools using device-code OAuth. Setup requires a free Azure App Registration (Microsoft Entra ID → App registrations, public client flow enabled) with delegated Files.ReadWrite, Mail.ReadWrite, Calendars.ReadWrite, Contacts.Read, and People.Read permissions, then an MICROSOFT_MCP_CLIENT_ID environment variable. Install via `uvx --from git+https://github.com/elyxlz/microsoft-mcp.git microsoft-mcp`, or `claude mcp add microsoft-mcp -e MICROSOFT_MCP_CLIENT_ID=your-app-id -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/elyxlz/microsoft-mcp.git microsoft-mcp` for one-line Claude Code setup. Not an official Microsoft release.

Interact with the Intelligent Content Management platform through Box AI.

Interact with Amazon S3 buckets and objects. Upload, download, list, and manage files, configure bucket policies, and analyze storage costs.

Manage Azure Blob Storage containers and blobs. Upload and download files, configure access tiers, manage lifecycle policies, and inspect metadata.

Access and manage Google Cloud Storage buckets and objects. Transfer files, configure IAM permissions, set retention policies, and analyze storage usage.

Affordable cloud storage MCP for Backblaze B2. Manage buckets, upload/download files, configure lifecycle rules, and generate presigned URLs.

Extract text, tables, and metadata from PDF documents via MCP. Parse multi-page documents, handle encrypted PDFs, and extract structured data for AI processing.

Excel MCP Server (by haris-musa, nearly 4,000 GitHub stars) lets AI agents create, read, and edit Excel workbooks without Microsoft Excel installed anywhere in the pipeline. It's a Python-based server exposing tools across the full spreadsheet lifecycle: creating and modifying workbooks and worksheets, writing formulas, building and styling Excel Tables, generating charts (line, bar, pie, scatter, and more), constructing dynamic pivot tables for analysis, and applying rich formatting — fonts, colors, borders, alignment, and conditional formatting rules. Built-in data validation keeps ranges, formulas, and cell contents consistent as an agent edits a file. The server supports three transports: stdio for local single-user setups (the default for Claude Desktop and Claude Code), plus SSE and streamable HTTP for remote deployments — when running remotely, set the EXCEL_FILES_PATH environment variable so the server knows where to read and write files, and FASTMCP_PORT to control the listening port. This makes it equally useful for a solo analyst automating a weekly report locally and for a team running a shared Excel-manipulation service that multiple agents call into. Because it operates on the raw XLSX format directly, there's no licensing dependency on Excel itself, and workflows like "pull this CSV into a formatted table with a pivot summary and a bar chart" become a single natural-language request instead of a manual multi-step process.

Universal document converter MCP using Pandoc. Convert between Markdown, HTML, PDF, DOCX, LaTeX, and 40+ other formats with full pandoc options.

Parse, transform, and render Markdown documents via MCP. Convert to HTML/PDF, lint formatting, extract headings and links, and validate CommonMark syntax.

Parse, validate, transform, and query YAML and JSON documents via MCP. Convert between formats, run JSONPath/JMESPath queries, and validate against schemas.

Execute commands on remote servers via SSH through MCP. Run shell commands, transfer files with SCP, manage SSH keys, and automate remote operations.

Connect to Laserfiche enterprise content management system via MCP. Search repositories for documents, folders, and metadata fields. Access workflow routing rules, audit trail entries, records retention schedules, electronic form submissions, and template field data. Query business process instance status, approval chains, and digital signature audit logs.

Integrate with M-Files intelligent information management platform via MCP. Search vaults for documents, projects, and contracts using metadata-driven queries. Access object type definitions, class hierarchies, workflow state machines, permission group assignments, and automated metadata suggestion models. Query version histories, check-out statuses, and external repository connector sync logs.

Connect to OpenText Content Services (formerly Documentum) via MCP. Query enterprise repositories for documents, folios, and virtual documents. Access lifecycle state transitions, rendition sets, access control lists, full-text index search, cabinet structures, and linked component records. Automate content migration pipelines, retention disposition workflows, and eDiscovery hold management.

Unstructured.io document processing MCP — extract text and structure from PDFs, Word docs, HTML, images, and emails. Parse tables, forms, and complex layouts for downstream LLM ingestion and RAG pipelines.

LlamaIndex LlamaParse document parsing MCP — parse complex PDFs, tables, figures, and structured documents with state-of-the-art accuracy for RAG and LLM workflows. Supports multi-modal document understanding.

Autodesk AutoCAD integration via MCP. Read and write DWG/DXF drawing files, extract entity geometry, query layer structure, search for blocks and attributes, export to PDF or image formats, and run AutoLISP routines programmatically. Supports AutoCAD 2020+ via COM API on Windows.

SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD integration via MCP. Open and inspect part and assembly files, read feature trees and design parameters, export STL/STEP/IGES, query mass properties, run interference detection, and interact with SOLIDWORKS macros via the COM API. Requires SOLIDWORKS 2020+ on Windows.

FreeCAD open-source parametric CAD integration via MCP. Create and modify 3D models using FreeCAD's Python API, run Part Design and Sketcher operations, export to STEP/IGES/STL, query model properties, and automate drawing generation. Cross-platform and completely free.

IBM FileNet Content Manager integration via MCP. Access and manage enterprise content repositories, extract document properties, run AI document insight analysis, classify content, and interact with IBM's enterprise content management platform.

IBM Cloud Object Storage integration via MCP with 37 comprehensive tools. Supports stdio and HTTP transport modes. Upload, download, list, and manage objects and buckets in IBM COS. Seamlessly integrates with WatsonX Orchestrate and agent frameworks for enterprise cloud storage workflows.

Universal CAD control MCP server supporting AutoCAD, GstarCAD, and ZWCAD through natural language. Draw lines, arcs, circles, and polylines; create and modify layers; insert blocks; run AutoLISP commands; query object properties; and export drawings to DXF/DWG formats — all from AI conversation.

LibreOffice suite MCP server. Create and manipulate Writer, Calc, Impress, and Draw documents locally using the LibreOffice UNO API bridge.

Microsoft Word DOCX processing MCP server using python-docx. Read, create, and edit Word documents, headers, tables, and styles programmatically.

Excel and OpenDocument spreadsheet MCP server using openpyxl. Read, write, and manipulate .xlsx workbooks, charts, pivot tables, and named ranges.

Integrate with Litera legal document management — document comparison, proofreading, metadata scrubbing, and contract lifecycle management via Litera API.

Git repository MCP server for reading, searching, and manipulating Git repositories through natural language with LLM assistants.

Connect to Kirby flat-file CMS — read and write pages, files, and users via Kirby's REST API, manage content blueprints, query structured data fields, and trigger custom hooks in your Kirby-powered site.

Interact with Google Cloud Storage buckets — upload, download, list, copy, and delete objects, manage bucket policies and lifecycle rules, generate signed URLs, set CORS configurations, and monitor storage usage metrics.

Construction document management via Bluebeam Studio API — manage Studio Sessions and project participants, access and annotate PDF construction documents, retrieve markup summaries and RFI comments, manage punch lists and issue tracking, sync document revisions, retrieve session activity logs and audit trails, manage permissions for project collaborators, and integrate with Procore and other construction platforms.