diff --git a/mcp_paths.toml b/mcp_paths.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6469ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mcp_paths.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[allowed_paths]
+extra_dirs = [
+    "C:/projects/gencpp",
+]
diff --git a/scripts/mcp_server.py b/scripts/mcp_server.py
index 27bb65f..9bfcd28 100644
--- a/scripts/mcp_server.py
+++ b/scripts/mcp_server.py
@@ -79,9 +79,18 @@ async def call_tool(name: str, arguments: dict) -> list[TextContent]:
   return [TextContent(type="text", text=f"ERROR: {e}")]
 
 async def main() -> None:
-# Configure mcp_client with the project root so py_* tools are not ACCESS DENIED
  project_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
- mcp_client.configure([], extra_base_dirs=[project_root])
+
+ extra_dirs = [project_root]
+ mcp_paths_toml = os.path.join(project_root, "mcp_paths.toml")
+ if os.path.exists(mcp_paths_toml):
+  import tomllib
+  with open(mcp_paths_toml, "rb") as f:
+   config = tomllib.load(f)
+  allowed = config.get("allowed_paths", {}).get("extra_dirs", [])
+  extra_dirs.extend(allowed)
+
+ mcp_client.configure([], extra_base_dirs=extra_dirs)
  async with stdio_server() as (read_stream, write_stream):
   await server.run(
    read_stream,