My AI Couldn’t See My Files — I Built a Zero-Dependency MCP Server
# AI Just Got Better Access to Your Work Files Someone built a simple tool that lets AI assistants like Claude directly read files from your computer, so you don't have to manually copy and paste everything into a chat. Instead of needing complex software to set this up, they created something lightweight and fast that works right out of the box, making it practical for everyday professionals to give their AI tools better context about their actual work.
I got tired of copying files into an AI chat just to get feedback. So I built a pure Python MCP server that gives AI tools direct access to my local project—no frameworks, no dependencies. It runs over stdio for local use and switches to HTTP/SSE for concurrent clients with a single flag. The result
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