Dotfiles MCP Server

What is Dotfiles?

Dotfiles is a collection of configuration files that provides a consistent development environment across different machines. It follows the "spilled coffee principle," "snowball method," and "versioning mindset" to ensure reproducibility, continuous improvement, and iterative progress.

How to use Dotfiles?

Clone the repository to ~/ppv/pillars/dotfiles and run ./setup.sh to create symlinks, set up secrets from a template, and apply configurations. The script requires git and curl but does not install packages.

Key features of Dotfiles

• Modular shell configuration with automatic lazy loading
• Secret management via untracked ~/.bash_secrets file
• Platform-based repository organization (Arch Linux, Raspberry Pi, etc.)
• Hybrid category/use-case organization within platform directories
• REPL-based development workflow support with MCP integration
• Detection-based implementation for automatic hardware optimization

Use cases of Dotfiles

• Quickly recovering a development environment after a system failure
• Setting up a new machine with consistent configurations
• Managing environment-sensitive secrets across different machines
• Organizing configurations for multiple hardware platforms (desktop, Raspberry Pi)