bhouston/mcp-server-text-editor

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An open source implementation of the Claude built-in text editor tool

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What you need to know

Open-source MCP server implementing Claude's built-in text editor tool (view, create, str_replace, insert, undo_edit) as a standalone server. Uses the tool name text_editor to avoid conflicts with built-in Claude tools; supports the text_editor_20241022 and text_editor_20250124 versions.

Install

npm install mcp-server-text-editor

Usage

  • •Start with npx -y mcp-server-text-editor and configure in your MCP client; send view/create/str_replace/insert/undo_edit commands.

Key features

  • ✓Identical API to Claude's built-in text editor
  • ✓View files with optional line range
  • ✓Create files
  • ✓str_replace
  • ✓Insert at line number
  • ✓Undo previous edits

Best for

Standardized text file editing for MCP clients

Clients: Claude Desktop
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Reviewed 2026-08-11

Topics

ai-toolsclaudemcpmodel-context-protocoltext-editor
Stars
36★
Forks
7
Language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Created
2025-03-14
Last push
2025-03-17