# zos-ftp-mcp

> MCP server for z/OS mainframe FTP operations

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/zos-ftp-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/arunkumars-mf/zos-ftp-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/arunkumars-mf/zos-ftp-mcp/issues
- version: 0.1.3
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mainframe, zos, ftp, mcp, dataset, pds
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:zos-ftp-mcp

### Description (declared)

# z/OS FTP MCP Server

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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 …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/zos-ftp-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T16:24:03.032Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/zos-ftp-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/zos-ftp-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:zos-ftp-mcp