A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive file system operations including the ability to patch files and perform
A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive file system operations including the ability to patch files and perform basic code analysis aimed at reducing Claude Desktop's token usage when compared to other. Exposed over MCP by the mcp file edit mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
You will need 2 environment variables: SECRET_KEY, DATABASE_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the file and storage access group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by patrickomatik; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
{
"mcpServers": {
"file-edit": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["run", "mcp", "run", "/path/to/mcp-file-edit/server.py"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| SECRET_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| DATABASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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