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Can Claude bulk-rename files?

Not on its own. a chat AI can't run programs or write files on your computer. With the GUI Hub Essentials MCP server installed, Claude (Desktop or Code), Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients can rename many files at once locally: the assistant calls the f2_rename tool, which runs F2 on your machine. Files are not uploaded.

Set it up (2 minutes)

  1. Claude Code / Cursor / VS Code / Windsurf: add the MCP server
    npx -y https://guihub.cc/mcp.tgz --product=essentials
    Claude Code: claude mcp add gui-hub-essentials -- npx -y https://guihub.cc/mcp.tgz --product=essentials
  2. Claude Desktop: download the one-file extension and double-click it.
  3. No AI? GUI Hub Essentials is also a point-and-click desktop app.

Then ask

“Rename the photos in this folder to trip-001, trip-002…”

What the AI gets

f2_rename — Bulk-rename files in a folder by find & replace (regex unless literal=true; variables like {%03d} counter and {ext}). Without apply=true it is a dry run that returns the old→new table — show it to the user before applying.

InputType
folder*string
find*string
replacestring
literalboolean
ignoreCaseboolean
recursiveboolean
dirsboolean
hiddenboolean
applyboolean

Cost

Free to install; each tool has 3 free uses. Then $9 once for all of GUI Hub Essentials (no subscription). The tool tells the assistant when free uses run out and how to unlock.

Powered by F2 (MIT), the official release, verified by SHA-256. GUI Hub is independent and not affiliated with F2, Anthropic, Cursor or Microsoft.

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