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# z/OS FTP MCP Server [](https://pypi.org/project/zos-ftp-mcp/) [](https://pepy.tech/projects/zos-ftp-mcp) [](https://pypi.org/project/zos-ftp-mcp/) [](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with z/OS mainframe systems via FTP. ## Features - List datasets from mainframe catalog with pattern matching - Download datasets in binary and text formats with encoding conversion - Download members from partitioned datasets (PDS) with parallel support - Submit and monitor JCL jobs - Advanced text processing: encoding conversion, line ending control, trailing spaces handling - Configurable write protection for safe production use - Connection management via environment variables ## Installation ### For MCP Server Usage No installation needed! The MCP configuration with `uvx` will automatically download and run the package. ### For Python Library Usage ```bash pip install zos-ftp-mcp ``` ## Configuration Set environment variables for connection: ```bash export ZFTP_HOST="your-mainframe-host" export ZFTP_PORT="21" export ZFTP_USER="your-username" export ZFTP_PASSWORD="your-password" export ZFTP_TIMEOUT="600.0" export ZFTP_DOWNLOAD_PATH="/path/to/downloads" export ZFTP_DEBUG="false" # Set to "true" for detailed FTP protocol logging export ZFTP_ALLOW_WRITE="false" # Set to "true" to enable upload/submit operations ``` ### Advanced Text Processing Control how text files are downloaded from EBCDIC mainframe to ASCII/UTF-8: ```bash # Character encoding conversion (EBCDIC to ASCII/UTF-8) export ZFTP_DEFAULT_ENCODING="IBM-037,UTF-8" # US/Canada EBCDIC …
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