Make sure you have Node.js installed, as the MCP server requires it:
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pip install praisonaiagents mcp
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Set API Key
Set your OpenAI API key as an environment variable in your terminal:
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export OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
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Create a file
Create a new file filesystem_agent.py with the following code:
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from praisonaiagents import Agent, MCPimport os# Define allowed directories for filesystem accessallowed_dirs = [ "/Users/username/Desktop", "/path/to/other/allowed/dir"]# Use a single string command with allowed directoriesfilesystem_agent = Agent( instructions="""You are a helpful assistant that can interact with the filesystem. Use the available tools when relevant to manage files and directories.""", llm="gpt-4o-mini", tools=MCP("npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", args=allowed_dirs))filesystem_agent.start("List files in the allowed directories")