Enables querying Large Language Models with context derived from local files.
If you already use File Context, the file context mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Enables querying Large Language Models with context derived from local files.
export const fileUtils = { isTextFile(filePath: string): boolean { const textExtensions = [ '.txt', '.md', '.js', '.ts', '.json', '.yaml', '.yml', '.html', '.css', '.csv', '.xml', '.log', '.env', '.jsx', '.tsx', '.py', '.java', '.cpp', '.c', '.h' ]; return textExtensions.includes(path.extname(filePath).toLowerCase()); },
File Context MCP is a TypeScript-based application that provides an API for querying Large Language Models (LLMs) with context from local files. It supports multiple LLM providers (Ollama and Together.ai) and can process various file types to generate context-aware responses.
The server ships on npm as @smithery/cli, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Configuration is passed through the environment: TOGETHER_API_KEY, OLLAMA_BASE_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by compiledwithproblems; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against File Context's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
{
"mcpServers": {
"file-context-1": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"TOGETHER_API_KEY": "your-value",
"OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| TOGETHER_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OLLAMA_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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