mcp-file-lens
An MCP server that provides a flexible lens into directory structures and files, enabling LLM clients to efficiently navigate and understand codebases with minimal noise. It offers secure, gitignore-aware file access with tools like directory listing, file reading, and grep-like search.
- Score
- 22.5571 signal
- Evidence
- 1 star
- Last commit
- as last read from GitHub; most reads are from 2 Sep 2026 or later
- Listed
Install
No one-command install. Set it up from its source.
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What it is
An MCP server that provides a flexible lens into directory structures and files, enabling LLM clients to efficiently navigate and understand codebases with minimal noise. It offers secure, gitignore-aware file access with tools like directory listing, file reading, and grep-like search.
When to use it
An MCP server that provides a flexible lens into directory structures and files, enabling LLM clients to efficiently navigate and understand codebases with minimal noise. It offers secure, gitignore-aware file access with tools like directory listing, file reading, and grep-like search.
How to install / invoke
See Glama for the install config.
Notes
Listed from the Glama MCP registry.