MCP server for file operations on non-UTF-8 text: detects the encoding from the bytes, hands the model UTF-8, and writes back in the original encoding with BOM and CRLF/LF intact. 24 encodings — Cyrillic/CP1251, CP1252, KOI8, ISO-8859, UTF-16, GBK/GB18030.
Last commit July 14, 2026, 121 days ago.
19 GitHub stars and 0 Honeystax upvotes. Copy the install, test the workflow, then decide if it earns a permanent slot.
You can test this quickly and remove it cleanly if it misses.
Starts at 6. Added: last commit 121 days ago +14, GitHub health 42/100 +14, no security policy +8, no contributing guide +4, no code of conduct +3.
AI Agent
Universal
Model
Multiple
Fastest way to find out if mcp-file-tools belongs in your setup.
Copy the install command, run a real test, and back it out cleanly if it slows you down.
claude mcp add mcp-file-tools -- npx mcp-file-toolsRun this first. You will know quickly if the workflow earns a permanent slot.
claude mcp remove mcp-file-toolsNo messy cleanup loop. If it misses, remove it and keep moving.
Install Location
~/ └─ .claude.json └─ mcp_servers/ └─ mcp-file-tools ← registers here
mcp-file-tools is listed on Honeystax as a MCP Server for Universal, since June 27, 2026. Its code is at github.com/dimitar-grigorov/mcp-file-tools, with 19 GitHub stars and 1 open issues. Last commit July 14, 2026, 121 days ago. GitHub's community health check gives it 42 out of 100.
Source: GitHub repository
Source check: July 18, 2026
Upstream commit: July 14, 2026
Repository state: Not marked archived
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