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Model Context Protocol Server for Apache OpenDAL™

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides access to various storage services via Apache OpenDAL™.

Features

Seamless access to multiple storage services including S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and more
List files and directories from storage services
Read file contents with automatic text/binary detection
Environment variable based configuration

Installation

pip install mcp-server-opendal

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add the following to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opendal": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-opendal"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_ENV_VAR": "YOUR_ENV_VALUE"
      }
    }
  }
}

It requires uv to be installed on your machine. Check the official documentation for installation guides.

Environment variables

Configure storage services by setting environment variables. Each service requires a prefix and specific configuration options.

For example, to configure an S3 service with alias "mys3":

OPENDAL_MYS3_TYPE=s3
OPENDAL_MYS3_BUCKET=mybucket
OPENDAL_MYS3_REGION=us-east-1
OPENDAL_MYS3_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:9000
OPENDAL_MYS3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=myaccesskey
OPENDAL_MYS3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=mysecretkey

Then you can use tool like read and list with mys3://path/to/file.

mcp-server-opendal will also load from .env.

Development

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector \
  uv run mcp-server-opendal

mcp-server-opendal