The TextSaver MCP is a server that integrates with Claude Desktop, allowing Claude to save text to files on your local filesystem. It provides a convenient way to preserve important information directly from your conversations with Claude.
Install the required dependencies using pip:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Open your Claude Desktop configuration file:
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Add the TextSaver MCP server configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"text-saver": {
"command": "/full/path/to/python",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/text_saver_mcp.py"
],
"cwd": "/path/to/writable/directory",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 8080,
"timeout": 30000
}
}
}
Important: Replace the paths with actual locations on your system:
/full/path/to/python
should be the path to your Python executable/full/path/to/text_saver_mcp.py
should be the path to the script/path/to/writable/directory
should be a directory where you want saved files to be storedAfter configuring the MCP server, restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect.
After setup, you can ask Claude to save text in natural language. Here are some example prompts:
The text will be saved to the directory you specified in the configuration.
If you see "spawn python ENOENT" error, Claude can't find your Python executable. Find your Python path and use the full path in your configuration:
which python # On macOS/Linux
where python # On Windows
This indicates the script doesn't have permission to write to the specified directory. Make sure the configured directory is writable.
Ensure your save directory has appropriate write permissions:
chmod 755 /path/to/save/directory # On macOS/Linux
TextSaver includes several built-in security features:
For any other issues, check the logs in the Claude Desktop developer console.
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "text-saver" '{"command":"/full/path/to/python","args":["/full/path/to/text_saver_mcp.py"],"cwd":"/path/to/writable/directory","host":"127.0.0.1","port":8080,"timeout":30000}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"text-saver": {
"command": "/full/path/to/python",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/text_saver_mcp.py"
],
"cwd": "/path/to/writable/directory",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 8080,
"timeout": 30000
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"text-saver": {
"command": "/full/path/to/python",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/text_saver_mcp.py"
],
"cwd": "/path/to/writable/directory",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 8080,
"timeout": 30000
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect