I have a bad habit. When I’m in a creative mode, I get obsessed. And my desktop becomes a disaster. Files everywhere. Names like “aaa,” “kkk,” and worse. A complete mess. Later, I can’t find anything. So, I dump them all into a folder called “last_desktop.” Every time, I think, “I’ll come back and organize this.” But that day never came. For decades. A few days ago, I met my guide. Anthropic launched Model Context Protocol (MCP). I added a filesystem MCP server. And just said: “Organize my files.” And it did. Not perfectly. But good enough. For the first time, I felt hope. This is what the future looks like, right? We tell our AI assistants what to do. No more obsessing over details. No more chaos. Just focus on creating. ______________
I’m a minimalist and I prefer to have a clean and completely clutter free file organization, so I feel you Andrejs 😊 Every week, I clean my own file management, sort things out and I prefer the manual way as it sometimes helps me pick things up I had forgotten. And I’ve learnt never to call a version as “Final”, because then it’s never a final and ends up being “Final Version 999” 😉😉 I also have an area called “Staging” where all temp ideas live, like a RAM, if anything remains there in a week, it gets deleted. That’s me in a nutshell, very basic and traditional approach :)
I want to learn, can I use MCP comfortably in Linux?
This is a great example as it reminds me of times in that flux between expensive storage and cheap cloud where it was still a thing to clean up and organize your files regularly. I remember using all kinds of apps and scripting on my Macs to try and help me clean up songs, documents, etc... All kinds of things that just stopped mattering with Spotify and GDrive. And the last few years I've started to organize again because there is so much content, search alone isn't good enough. So yes, I too have hope. Its not perfect but to me it's dramatically better than "search for it" or "organize everything manually".
I feel this on a spiritual level! My "last_desktop_v27" folder could be a museum exhibit at this point. When I finally used AI to sort it, it wasn’t perfect—my tax docs ended up with memes—but hey, it worked. The future may not be flawless, but at least it’s organised enough to let us focus on creating (and stop naming files "final_final_final_v28")
What a relatable journey! Creativity often brings beautiful chaos, and it’s incredible to see how AI tools like MCP are turning that chaos into order. This is a glimpse of the future where tech empowers creators to thrive without limits—organized desktops and all. #AIInnovation #CreativityUnleashed #TechForCreators #FutureOfWork
Looks like it is Time to organize my files as well :)
It's amazing to see what AI can do. Me: AI prepare Apple Pie for me? AI: 👀
This is truly inspiring. It's amazing how AI can help us overcome our bad habits and streamline our workflows.
Administration will be taken over by AI soon and its cool to have someone clean up our computers without fearing security issues
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2dGreat take, love the obsession. On MCP, how exactly did you set up and configure the server? Specifically, how long did it take compared to a traditional approach? If I wanted to replicate this with and without MCP, what should I expect in terms of time and effort? Also, I’ve been researching the underlying mechanisms vs. RAG and other techniques. Initially, I assumed MCP would handle the translation automatically, but it seems more nuanced. Could you share some guidelines or best practices for getting it right? Finally, you mentioned it’s not perfect, what challenges did you face, and how did you overcome them?