Text Find Replace MCP tool

MCP findutils:text_find_replace

Find and replace text and return the new text with the match and replacement counts. Supports case-insensitive search, whole-word matching, JavaScript regular expressions (with $1 capture groups in the replacement), and replace-first or replace-all.

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Arguments

application/json

text

string required

The input text.
find

string required

The text (or regex pattern when use_regex is true) to find.
replace

string optional

The replacement text. Default: empty string (delete matches). Default "".
case_sensitive

boolean optional

Match case exactly. Default: false. Default false.
whole_word

boolean optional

Match whole words only. Default: false. Default false.
use_regex

boolean optional

Treat find as a regular expression. Default: false. Default false.
replace_all

boolean optional

Replace every match (true) or only the first (false). Default: true. Default true.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "text": "Hello world",
  "find": "world",
  "replace": "there"
}

claude mcp add findutils --transport http https://mcp.findutils.com/

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "findutils": {
      "url": "https://mcp.findutils.com/"
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST https://mcp.findutils.com/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "text_find_replace",
      "arguments": {
        "text": "Hello world",
        "find": "world",
        "replace": "there"
      }
    }
  }'

Also a REST endpoint

The same tool answers plain HTTP at POST /api/tools/text-find-replace/execute.

REST reference

Rate limit: 120 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: text-find-replace
MCP name: text_find_replace
Category: Text
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

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Example arguments

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