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copyStudioAppFile

Copy Studio App File

Copy ONE text file server-side from its current stored bytes to a new path, inside one Studio app or into another, without sending the content through the caller.

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "copy this file to a new path", and it calls copyStudioAppFile.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "fromAppId": "<fromAppId>",
    "fromPath": "<fromPath>",
    "toAppId": "<toAppId>",
    "toPath": "<toPath>"
  },
  "name": "copyStudioAppFile"
}

Arguments

• fromAppIdstringrequiredSource Studio app ID
• fromPathstringrequiredPath of the file to copy
• overwritebooleanoptionalReplace a target path that holds different content. Otherwise the copy is refused and the target is left as it is.
• toAppIdstringrequiredTarget Studio app ID; the source app ID to copy in place
• toPathstringrequiredPath the copy lands at

Returns

Returns outcome plus source and target, each with path, byteSize and contentSha; a copied target carries the source's contentSha, verified before the write commits.

Declared limits

• fromPath: minimum length 1
• toPath: minimum length 1

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• copy this file to a new path
• duplicate chunk-abc.js as chunk-def.js
• reuse this file in my other app
• rename by copy

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listStudioAppFiles
• editStudioAppFile
• deleteStudioAppFile

Questions

• What does copyStudioAppFile do?

  Copy ONE text file server-side from its current stored bytes to a new path, inside one Studio app or into another, without sending the content through the caller. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use copyStudioAppFile from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "copy this file to a new path", and it calls copyStudioAppFile.

• Is copyStudioAppFile safe to let an AI call?

  copyStudioAppFile changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.