SFTP

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SFTP-only file access for AI: browse, edit, transfer and sync files, no shell access needed.

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{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-11-12T05:24:48.771476Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-11-12T05:24:48.771476Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-11-12T05:24:48.771476Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.AdversTM/sftp-mcp",
    "title": "SFTP",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "1.1.3",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "1.1.3",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "sftp-mcp",
        "runtimeHint": "npx",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "SFTP_HOST",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "SSH host (single-server mode)."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_PORT",
            "format": "number",
            "default": "22",
            "description": "SSH port."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_USER",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "SSH username (single-server mode)."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_PASSWORD",
            "format": "string",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Password authentication."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_PRIVATE_KEY",
            "format": "filepath",
            "description": "Path to a private key file."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_PASSPHRASE",
            "format": "string",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Passphrase for the private key."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_SERVERS_FILE",
            "format": "filepath",
            "description": "Path to a JSON map of server id to connection, for multiple servers. Replaces the single-server variables."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_READ_ONLY",
            "format": "boolean",
            "default": "false",
            "description": "Deny every remote mutation."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE",
            "format": "boolean",
            "default": "true",
            "description": "Set to false to deny delete, rmdir, rename and non-dry-run sync."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_ALLOWED_WRITE_PREFIX",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Absolute remote path prefix that mutations are limited to."
          },
          {
            "name": "SFTP_ALLOWED_READ_PREFIX",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Absolute remote path prefix that reads are limited to."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "id": "1380093017",
      "url": "https://github.com/AdversTM/sftp-mcp",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "websiteUrl": "https://github.com/AdversTM/sftp-mcp#readme",
    "description": "SFTP-only file access for AI: browse, edit, transfer and sync files, no shell access needed."
  }
}

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claude mcp add sftp-mcp \
  -- npx -y [email protected]

Environment

SFTP_HOST (optional, not in the config above): SSH host (single-server mode).
SFTP_PORT (optional, not in the config above): SSH port.
SFTP_USER (optional, not in the config above): SSH username (single-server mode).
SFTP_PASSWORD (optional, not in the config above): Password authentication.
SFTP_PRIVATE_KEY (optional, not in the config above): Path to a private key file.
SFTP_PASSPHRASE (optional, not in the config above): Passphrase for the private key.
SFTP_SERVERS_FILE (optional, not in the config above): Path to a JSON map of server id to connection, for multiple servers. Replaces the single-server variables.
SFTP_READ_ONLY (optional, not in the config above): Deny every remote mutation.
SFTP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE (optional, not in the config above): Set to false to deny delete, rmdir, rename and non-dry-run sync.
SFTP_ALLOWED_WRITE_PREFIX (optional, not in the config above): Absolute remote path prefix that mutations are limited to.
SFTP_ALLOWED_READ_PREFIX (optional, not in the config above): Absolute remote path prefix that reads are limited to.

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