Chisel
🪛 Rust powered precision file operations for agents. Unix-native tools, minimal context footprint, strict path confinement: use directly with Chisel MCP or bring your own MCP, embeddable in any MCP server in Rust, Python, Nodejs.
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Install — download a pre-built .mcpb bundle (one-click, no build step) or a raw binary from the Releases page — see Standalone usage below.
Agent skill included —
skills/chisel/SKILL.mdteaches agents how to use Chisel at maximum efficiency. Install with:npx skills add ckanthony/Chisel
Security hardened — Verified properties across two layers: the MCP server (
chisel) and the portable core library (chisel-core). See the Security model section for the full breakdown.
Contents
- Motivation
- Tools
- Standalone usage
- Binary
- Docker
- Configure your MCP client
- Behind a reverse proxy
- Bring your own MCP
- Extending chisel
- Workspace layout
- Security model
- Platform support
- Development
- Contributing
- Future considerations
