Release / 5 Aug 2025

Model Context Protocol servers 2025.8.4

Change a Filesystem server’s allowed directories without restarting it.

All of Model Context Protocol servers

Before you upgrade to 2025.8.4

1 to fix

`read_file` remains an alias but is deprecated in favor of `read_text_file`; client-provided roots replace command-line directories.

Behavior changedRead, write, edit, search, and organize files in allowed directories.Inferred

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modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/2025.8.4/src/filesystem/index.ts

Delete the old Docker volume's `index.js` before starting the new Memory container, as the README specifies.

Action requiredStore, search, and update entities, observations, and relationships across chats.Affects: Memory users reusing an older Docker storage volume.

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modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/2025.8.4/src/memory/README.md

What changed in 2025.8.4

Client roots can replace configured directories at runtime; text and media reads have separate tools. Everything adds elicitation and structured-output demonstrations.

Available in repository tag 2025.8.4; configure the relevant server in an MCP client. Package versions vary by server.

Fixed and improved

Client roots replace allowed directories and update them at runtime; `read_text_file` supports `head`/`tail`, and `read_media_file` returns image/audio data.

ImprovedRead, write, edit, search, and organize files in allowed directories.

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modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/2025.8.4/src/filesystem/README.md

Test `startElicitation`, structured content with an output schema, and multiple resource links.

ImprovedExercise MCP client support for tools, prompts, resources, sampling, and progress notifications.Inferred

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modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/2025.8.4/src/everything/everything.ts

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