MCP server for the Rclone RC API, with selectable toolsets.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add rclone -e RCLONE_URL=<RCLONE_URL> -e RCLONE_USER=<RCLONE_USER> -e RCLONE_PASS=<RCLONE_PASS> -e RCLONE_TOOLSETS=<RCLONE_TOOLSETS> -e RCLONE_READ_ONLY=<RCLONE_READ_ONLY> -e RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT=<RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT> -- npx -y [email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"rclone": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"RCLONE_URL": "<RCLONE_URL>",
"RCLONE_USER": "<RCLONE_USER>",
"RCLONE_PASS": "<RCLONE_PASS>",
"RCLONE_TOOLSETS": "<RCLONE_TOOLSETS>",
"RCLONE_READ_ONLY": "<RCLONE_READ_ONLY>",
"RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT": "<RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"rclone": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"RCLONE_URL": "<RCLONE_URL>",
"RCLONE_USER": "<RCLONE_USER>",
"RCLONE_PASS": "<RCLONE_PASS>",
"RCLONE_TOOLSETS": "<RCLONE_TOOLSETS>",
"RCLONE_READ_ONLY": "<RCLONE_READ_ONLY>",
"RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT": "<RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"rclone": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"RCLONE_URL": "<RCLONE_URL>",
"RCLONE_USER": "<RCLONE_USER>",
"RCLONE_PASS": "<RCLONE_PASS>",
"RCLONE_TOOLSETS": "<RCLONE_TOOLSETS>",
"RCLONE_READ_ONLY": "<RCLONE_READ_ONLY>",
"RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT": "<RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
RCLONE_URLOptional | A running rclone to use. Without it, rclone-mcp starts its own |
RCLONE_USEROptional | HTTP Basic Auth username for RCLONE_URL |
RCLONE_PASSOptional, secret | HTTP Basic Auth password for RCLONE_URL |
RCLONE_TOOLSETSOptional | Comma-separated list of toolsets to enable (default, all, or specific: core, config, operations, sync, jobs, vfs, mount, dangerous, etc.) |
RCLONE_READ_ONLYOptional | Set to 1 to expose only tools that change nothing and return no credentials |
RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUTOptional | The most characters of output a tool call returns. Defaults to 100000 |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Last updated | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.rclone-ui/rclone |
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