Multi-File Reader MCP Server
MCP Server for reading many files at the same time
strawgate
README
Multi-File Reader MCP Server
This project provides a FastMCP server that exposes a tool to read the content of multiple files.
Features
read_files
Tool: Reads a list of specified file paths and returns their content or error information if a file cannot be read.- Progress Reporting: Reports progress as it reads through the list of files.
- Error Handling: Handles common errors like
FileNotFoundError
andPermissionError
.
McpServer Usage
Simply add the following to your McpServer configuration
"Read Many Files (GitHub)": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"https://github.com/strawgate/mcp-many-files.git"
],
"alwaysAllow": [
"read_files"
]
},
Development
- Clone the repository:
# Replace with the actual repository URL git clone https://github.com/your-username/mcp-many-files.git cd mcp-many-files
- Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:
uv venv source .venv/bin/activate # or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows uv pip install -e .[dev] # Install in editable mode with dev dependencies
- Run the server locally for testing:
python multi_file_reader_mcp.py # or using the installed script multi-file-reader-mcp
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