MCP File Edit

What it is

A Python file-operations server: reading and writing, glob listing, regex search and replace across files, three kinds of precise patching, code structure analysis, git operations, and the same set against a remote host over SSH.

What you get

• Files — read_file with an optional line range, write_file, create_file, delete_file, move_file, copy_file
• Directories — list_files with glob patterns and depth control, get_file_info for metadata
• Search and change — search_files with regex support, replace_in_files across many files at once, patch_file for line-based, pattern-based or context-based edits
• Code structure — list_functions returns names, signatures, line numbers and docstrings; get_function_at_line finds the function containing a line; get_code_structure extracts imports, classes and functions; search_functions matches functions by name pattern
• set_project_directory and get_project_directory, so every later call takes a short relative path
• SSH mode — connect with a URL or explicit parameters and every file operation runs on the remote machine, plus upload, download and rsync directory sync
• Git from the same place: status, init, clone, stage, commit, push, pull, log, branches, diff and remotes

Requirements

Install mcp-file-edit with uv or pip and point your client at it. Nothing else for local work; SSH mode takes a connection URL or the host, user and key as separate parameters.

Setup effort

Build from source — clone the repository, then follow the project's own run instructions

Tools you get

32 tools named in the project's documentation.

Where it runs

The documented client runs the server on your machine.