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fix: update MCP servers directory path for platform compatibility #1552

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fix: update MCP servers directory path for platform compatibility
hannesrudolph Mar 10, 2025
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Update src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
hannesrudolph Mar 10, 2025
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Update ClineProvider.ts
hannesrudolph Mar 11, 2025
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17 changes: 15 additions & 2 deletions src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1971,11 +1971,24 @@ export class ClineProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider {
// MCP

async ensureMcpServersDirectoryExists(): Promise<string> {
const mcpServersDir = path.join(os.homedir(), "Documents", "Cline", "MCP")
// Get platform-specific application data directory
let mcpServersDir: string
if (process.platform === "win32") {
// Windows: %APPDATA%\Roo-Code\MCP
mcpServersDir = path.join(os.homedir(), "AppData", "Roaming", "Roo-Code", "MCP")
} else if (process.platform === "darwin") {
// macOS: ~/Documents/Cline/MCP
mcpServersDir = path.join(os.homedir(), "Documents", "Cline", "MCP")
} else {
// Linux: ~/.local/share/Cline/MCP
mcpServersDir = path.join(os.homedir(), ".local", "share", "Roo-Code", "MCP")
}

try {
await fs.mkdir(mcpServersDir, { recursive: true })
} catch (error) {
return "~/Documents/Cline/MCP" // in case creating a directory in documents fails for whatever reason (e.g. permissions) - this is fine since this path is only ever used in the system prompt
// Fallback to a relative path if directory creation fails
return path.join(os.homedir(), ".roo-code", "mcp")
}
return mcpServersDir
}
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