rclone

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add rclone -e RCLONE_URL=... -e RCLONE_USER=... -e RCLONE_PASS=... -e RCLONE_TOOLSETS=... -e RCLONE_READ_ONLY=... -- npx -y rclone-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rclone": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rclone-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RCLONE_URL": "...",
        "RCLONE_USER": "...",
        "RCLONE_PASS": "...",
        "RCLONE_TOOLSETS": "...",
        "RCLONE_READ_ONLY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

MCP server for the Rclone RC API, with selectable toolsets.

Questions

rclone is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package rclone-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add rclone -e RCLONE_URL=... -e RCLONE_USER=... -e RCLONE_PASS=... -e RCLONE_TOOLSETS=... -e RCLONE_READ_ONLY=... -- npx -y rclone-mcp

Run: codex mcp add rclone --env RCLONE_URL=... --env RCLONE_USER=... --env RCLONE_PASS=... --env RCLONE_TOOLSETS=... --env RCLONE_READ_ONLY=... -- npx -y rclone-mcp

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