Filesystem

Filesystem extends your AI assistant with the ability to perform advanced filesystem tasks including listing, recursive searching by name or content, batch copying/moving/deleting files, and analyzing directory siz... Rather than leaving your conversation to handle this manually, you can ask your Claude agent directly — and it will take care of the task end-to-end, using Filesystem as its underlying capability.

Filesystem works across Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — an open standard that lets AI clients share tools and skills without lock-in. Because MCP is platform-agnostic by design, you install Filesystem once and it becomes available across all your AI clients. Whether you're working in Claude for focused sessions or Cursor for integrated workflows, the skill behaves consistently.

Getting started with Filesystem takes about two minutes. Place the skill at `~/.claude/skills/filesystem/` (personal, all projects) or `.claude/skills/filesystem/` (project-specific), then restart your AI client. From that point, typing `/filesystem` in any conversation activates it, or the AI will use it on its own when it detects a relevant request.

With 10,658 installs, Filesystem has built a substantial following in the Documents & Notes space. That install count reflects consistent demand from developers and teams who've found it genuinely useful. The source code is open on GitHub — you can inspect it, contribute fixes, or fork it to adapt the skill for your specific setup. Like all skills on DiscoverAISkills, it is free to install and use. The broader AI skills ecosystem continues to expand as developers contribute new capabilities across categories like developer tools, data analysis, writing, automation, and more.