Lets agents on Windows access WSL distribution filesystems to read, write, search and manage files.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add wsl-filesystem -- node dist/index.js '[--distro=distribution_name]' '<allowed_directory>' '[additional_directories...]'~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.wsl-filesystem]
command = "node"
args = ["dist/index.js", "[--distro=distribution_name]", "<allowed_directory>", "[additional_directories...]"]
# codex mcp add wsl-filesystem -- node dist/index.js '[--distro=distribution_name]' '<allowed_directory>' '[additional_directories...]'~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"wsl-filesystem": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"dist/index.js",
"[--distro=distribution_name]",
"<allowed_directory>",
"[additional_directories...]"
]
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"wsl-filesystem": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "node",
"args": [
"dist/index.js",
"[--distro=distribution_name]",
"<allowed_directory>",
"[additional_directories...]"
]
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"wsl-filesystem": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"dist/index.js",
"[--distro=distribution_name]",
"<allowed_directory>",
"[additional_directories...]"
]
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"wsl-filesystem": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"dist/index.js",
"[--distro=distribution_name]",
"<allowed_directory>",
"[additional_directories...]"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"wsl-filesystem": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"dist/index.js",
"[--distro=distribution_name]",
"<allowed_directory>",
"[additional_directories...]"
]
}
}
}