pathgate 0.2.0__tar.gz → 0.2.1__tar.gz

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  Metadata-Version: 2.5
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  Name: pathgate
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- Version: 0.2.0
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+ Version: 0.2.1
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  Summary: Filesystem MCP server with allow-listed directories
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  License: MIT
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  License-File: LICENSE
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  Requires-Dist: mcp<3,>=2
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  Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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- # Pathgate
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+ # Pathgate
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  `pathgate` is a Python Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes a controlled filesystem interface to MCP clients such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and inspector tools. The server only permits access to directories that are explicitly allow-listed at startup.
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  ## Installation
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- ```bash
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- git clone https://github.com/geekgod382/pathgate.git
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- cd pathgate
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- python -m pip install -e .
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+ Pathgate package is published on PyPI. To use it, for example with Claude Desktop, add this in the
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+ ```json
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+ {
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+ "mcpServers": {
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+ "pathgate": {
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+ "command": "uvx",
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+ "args": ["pathgate", "C:\\Users\\me\\Documents"]
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+ }
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+ }
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+ }
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  ```
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- This installs the `pathgate` console command from `pyproject.toml`.
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+ This is just an example script
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  ## Usage
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  - `search_files_tool` — search for files matching a pattern
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  - `get_file_info_tool` — return metadata for a file or directory
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- ## MCP client configuration
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-
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- Example Claude Desktop configuration:
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-
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- ```json
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- {
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- "mcpServers": {
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- "filesystem": {
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- "command": "pathgate",
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- "args": ["C:\\Users\\<username>\\Documents"]
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- }
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- }
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- }
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- ```
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  ## Example requests
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  ## Requirements
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  - Python 3.10+
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- - `mcp>=1.25`
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+ - `mcp>=2`
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  ## References
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- # Pathgate
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+ # Pathgate
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  `pathgate` is a Python Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes a controlled filesystem interface to MCP clients such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and inspector tools. The server only permits access to directories that are explicitly allow-listed at startup.
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  ## Installation
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- ```bash
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- git clone https://github.com/geekgod382/pathgate.git
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- cd pathgate
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- python -m pip install -e .
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+ Pathgate package is published on PyPI. To use it, for example with Claude Desktop, add this in the
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+ ```json
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+ {
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+ "mcpServers": {
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+ "pathgate": {
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+ "command": "uvx",
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+ "args": ["pathgate", "C:\\Users\\me\\Documents"]
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+ }
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+ }
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+ }
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  ```
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- This installs the `pathgate` console command from `pyproject.toml`.
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+ This is just an example script
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  ## Usage
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  - `search_files_tool` — search for files matching a pattern
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  - `get_file_info_tool` — return metadata for a file or directory
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- ## MCP client configuration
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-
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- Example Claude Desktop configuration:
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- ```json
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- {
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- "mcpServers": {
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- "filesystem": {
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- "command": "pathgate",
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- "args": ["C:\\Users\\<username>\\Documents"]
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- }
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- }
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- }
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- ```
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  ## Example requests
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  ## Requirements
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  - Python 3.10+
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- - `mcp>=1.25`
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+ - `mcp>=2`
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  ## References
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+ """`pathgate install` - add Pathgate to Claude Desktop's config file.
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+ Usage:
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+ uvx pathgate install C:\\Users\\me\\Documents C:\\Users\\me\\Projects
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+ uvx pathgate install (prompts for folders)
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+ uvx pathgate install --dry-run ~/Projects
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+ """
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+
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+ from __future__ import annotations
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+
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+ import argparse
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+ import json
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+ import os
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+ import shutil
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+ import sys
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+ import tempfile
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+ from datetime import datetime
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+ from pathlib import Path
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+
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+ DEFAULT_NAME = "pathgate"
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+ CONFIG_FILENAME = "claude_desktop_config.json"
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+
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+
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+ class InstallError(Exception):
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+ """A problem we can explain to the user in one line."""
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+
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+
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+ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ # Finding the config file
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+ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ def claude_desktop_candidates() -> list[Path]:
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+ """Every place Claude Desktop might keep its config on this OS."""
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+ if sys.platform == "win32":
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+ found: list[Path] = []
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+ appdata = os.environ.get("APPDATA")
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+ if appdata:
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+ found.append(Path(appdata) / "Claude" / CONFIG_FILENAME)
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+ local = os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA")
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+ if local:
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+ # Microsoft Store (MSIX) installs keep their own private copy.
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+ pattern = "Claude_*/LocalCache/Roaming/Claude"
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+ for folder in sorted(Path(local, "Packages").glob(pattern)):
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+ found.append(folder / CONFIG_FILENAME)
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+ return found
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+ if sys.platform == "darwin":
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+ base = Path.home() / "Library" / "Application Support" / "Claude"
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+ return [base / CONFIG_FILENAME]
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+ xdg = os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
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+ base = Path(xdg) if xdg else Path.home() / ".config"
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+ return [base / "Claude" / CONFIG_FILENAME]
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+
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+
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+ def resolve_config_path(explicit: str | None) -> Path:
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+ if explicit:
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+ return Path(explicit).expanduser().resolve()
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+ candidates = claude_desktop_candidates()
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+ usable = [c for c in candidates if c.exists() or c.parent.exists()]
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+ existing = [c for c in usable if c.exists()]
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+
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+ if len(existing) == 1:
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+ return existing[0]
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+ if not existing and len(usable) == 1:
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+ return usable[0]
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+ if not usable:
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+ raise InstallError(
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+ "couldn't find Claude Desktop's config folder. Is Claude Desktop "
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+ "installed? You can point at a config file yourself with --config PATH."
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+ )
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+ listing = "\n ".join(str(c) for c in usable)
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+ raise InstallError(
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+ "found more than one possible Claude Desktop config:\n "
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+ f"{listing}\nRe-run with --config PATH to say which one."
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+ )
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+
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+
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+ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ # Building the entry
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+ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ def build_server_entry(paths: list[str], read_only: bool) -> dict:
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+ """The `mcpServers` entry that launches Pathgate."""
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+ uvx = shutil.which("uvx")
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+ uv = shutil.which("uv")
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+ if uvx:
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+ command, args = uvx, ["pathgate"]
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+ elif uv:
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+ command, args = uv, ["tool", "run", "pathgate"]
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+ else:
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+ command, args = sys.executable, ["-m", "pathgate"]
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+ args = args + paths
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+ if read_only:
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+ args.append("--read-only")
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+ return {"command": command, "args": args}
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+
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+
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+ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ # Reading / writing the config safely
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+ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ def load_config(path: Path) -> dict:
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+ if not path.exists():
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+ return {}
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+ raw = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8-sig") # tolerate a BOM
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+ if not raw.strip():
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+ return {}
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+ try:
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+ data = json.loads(raw)
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+ except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
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+ raise InstallError(
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+ f"{path} isn't valid JSON ({e}). I haven't changed anything - "
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+ "fix the file by hand, then run this again."
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+ ) from None
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+ if not isinstance(data, dict):
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+ raise InstallError(f"{path} doesn't contain a JSON object, so I left it alone.")
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+ return data
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+ def write_config(path: Path, data: dict) -> Path | None:
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+ """Back up the old file, then replace it atomically. Returns the backup path."""
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+ path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
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+ backup = None
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+ if path.exists():
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+ stamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
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+ backup = path.with_name(f"{path.name}.pathgate-{stamp}.bak")
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+ shutil.copy2(path, backup)
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+ fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=path.parent, prefix=path.name + ".", suffix=".tmp")
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+ try:
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+ with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as f:
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+ json.dump(data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
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+ f.write("\n")
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+ os.replace(tmp, path)
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+ except BaseException:
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+ try:
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+ os.unlink(tmp)
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+ except OSError:
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+ pass
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+ raise
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+ return backup
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+
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+ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ # The command
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+ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ def _prompt_for_paths() -> list[str]:
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+ print("Which folders should Pathgate be allowed to access?")
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+ print("Enter one folder per line. Press Enter on an empty line when done.")
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+ paths: list[str] = []
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+ while True:
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+ line = input("> ").strip().strip('"').strip("'")
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+ if not line:
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+ break
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+ paths.append(line)
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+ return paths
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+ def _clean_paths(raw: list[str]) -> list[str]:
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+ cleaned: list[str] = []
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+ for item in raw:
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+ p = Path(item).expanduser().resolve()
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+ if not p.is_dir():
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+ raise InstallError(f"not a folder: {p}")
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+ s = str(p)
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+ if s not in cleaned:
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+ cleaned.append(s)
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+ return cleaned
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+ def _confirm(question: str) -> bool:
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+ answer = input(f"{question} [Y/n] ").strip().lower()
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+ return answer in ("", "y", "yes")
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+ def _install(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
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+ interactive = sys.stdin.isatty()
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+ raw_paths = list(args.paths)
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+ if not raw_paths:
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+ if not interactive:
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+ raise InstallError(
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+ "no folders given. Example: pathgate install C:\\Users\\me\\Documents"
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+ )
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+ raw_paths = _prompt_for_paths()
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+ if not raw_paths:
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+ raise InstallError("no folders given, nothing to do.")
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+ paths = _clean_paths(raw_paths)
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+ entry = build_server_entry(paths, args.read_only)
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+ servers = data.setdefault("mcpServers", {})
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+ if not isinstance(servers, dict):
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+ raise InstallError(f'"mcpServers" in {config_path} isn\'t an object, so I left it alone.')
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+ existing = servers.get(args.name)
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+ if existing == entry:
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+ print(f'"{args.name}" is already set up in {config_path}. Nothing to change.')
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+ return 0
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+ print(f"Config file : {config_path}")
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+ print(f"Command : {entry['command']} {' '.join(entry['args'])}")
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+ print("Folders : " + ", ".join(paths))
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+ print("Mode : " + ("read-only" if args.read_only else "read/write"))
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+ if existing is not None:
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+ print(f'Note : this replaces your current "{args.name}" entry.')
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+ if args.dry_run:
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+ print("\n--dry-run: nothing was written.")
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+ return 0
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+ if not interactive:
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+ raise InstallError("not running in a terminal; pass --yes to proceed.")
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+ if not _confirm("\nWrite this to the config?"):
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+ print("Cancelled. Nothing was changed.")
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+ return 1
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+ if backup:
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+ print(f"Backup of your old config: {backup}")
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+ print("Now fully quit Claude Desktop (system tray -> Quit) and reopen it.")
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+ return 0
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+ p = argparse.ArgumentParser(
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+ description="Add Pathgate to Claude Desktop's config file.",
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+ )
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+ p.add_argument("paths", nargs="*", help="Folders Pathgate may access")
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+ p.add_argument("--read-only", action="store_true", help="Disable write/delete/move/copy tools")
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+ p.add_argument("--name", default=DEFAULT_NAME, help=f"Entry name in the config (default: {DEFAULT_NAME})")
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+ p.add_argument("--config", metavar="PATH", help="Config file to edit (default: auto-detect Claude Desktop)")
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+ p.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true", help="Show what would change without writing")
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+ p.add_argument("-y", "--yes", action="store_true", help="Don't ask for confirmation")
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+ args = p.parse_args(argv)
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+ try:
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+ return _install(args)
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+ except InstallError as e:
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+ print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
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+ return 1
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+ except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
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+ print("\nCancelled. Nothing was changed.", file=sys.stderr)
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