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MCP Zip in Cline

Pack, list and unpack zip archives locally, with traversal, symlink and bomb guards read from the header before anything is inflated. It packs files or a directory tree with glob patterns into a new .zip, lists an archive's entries with sizes and ratios while flagging absolute paths, .., symlinks, encrypted entries and duplicate names, unpacks with a dry run and a skip_unsafe option, reads one text entry inline without unpacking anything, and bundles a calendar month of invoices, quotes and exports from the sibling servers into one file.

zip_list, zip_extract_text and zip_history are reads and safe to auto-approve; leave zip_create, zip_add and zip_extract behind a click, since each one writes to disk or spends one of this month's 20 free archives.

What you get in Cline

You say	Tool
Zip up this folder, everything except node_modules.	`zip_create`
What's in this zip before I open it?	`zip_list`
Bundle August's invoices and expense exports into one zip.	`zip_bundle_month`

A 100,000-byte entry inflated into a 10-byte bounded buffer returned 10 bytes and threw nothing: a lying header would extract as a silent, plausible-looking truncation. The CRC-32 already stored for the entry is checked before anything reaches disk, and that check is what refuses it instead.

Install it in Cline

The file is mcp.json, and the key inside it is mcpServers.

Scope	Path
Cline CLI	`~/.cline/mcp.json`
The editor extension	`opened from the Cline panel, not by path; the documentation deliberately calls it the MCP settings JSON used by the extension`

If you also run Claude Desktop, the shortest path there is one click: zip.mcpb from the bundle catalog opens as an extension, with no JSON and no terminal. Cline reads its own config, so here it is:

The config block:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zip": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-servers/servers/zip/dist/index.js"],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

The node command above wants a built file. From a clone, once:

git clone https://github.com/theluckystrike/mcp-servers.git
cd mcp-servers && npm install
npm run build -w packages/mcp-license -w servers/zip

That writes servers/zip/dist/index.js, and its absolute path is the one argument the config needs.

The npm packages are not published yet, so the form below returns a 404 today. It is here because it is what the entry becomes the day the publish lands, with nothing else changed:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zip": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@theluckystrike/mcp-zip"]
    }
  }
}

No full-app restart. The MCP settings actions include restarting an unresponsive server if its tools do not appear.

Nothing is published to npm yet, so the working install paths are the ones above: the .mcpb bundle from the bundle catalog, a clone and build, or the hosted URL.

No install: the hosted endpoint

The same server runs at https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/zip over MCP streamable HTTP, no install. Mint a free token with curl https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/token, or use a Pro key. It has no filesystem, so a file comes back as a one-hour download link.

Write the transport in. Omitting type falls back to the legacy sse transport, which will not talk to this endpoint:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zip": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/zip",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <token>" }
    }
  }
}

Cline notes worth knowing first

Cline is the one client here with an unsafe transport default. `type` selects it, and omitting `type` falls back to the legacy sse transport, so a streamable HTTP endpoint needs it written in or you will debug a server that is fine. Local entries carry "disabled" and an "autoApprove" array.

Free: 20 archives a calendar month, up to 25 MB and 200 entries each. Reading (zip_list, zip_extract, zip_extract_text) is unlimited on both tiers. Pro is $19 once, verified offline.

Questions

Where does the config live?

The CLI reads ~/.cline/mcp.json. For the extension, do not hunt for a path: MCP Servers icon, Configure tab, Configure MCP Servers. cline mcp opens a wizard, and cline config mcp --json is the non-interactive form.

The hosted endpoint will not connect.

Set the transport explicitly. Omitting type falls back to the legacy sse transport, so streamable HTTP needs "type": "streamableHttp" written in.

Should I auto-approve MCP Zip's tools?

Approve the read-only ones and leave the writing ones behind a click: each entry carries an autoApprove array and a disabled flag.

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