# mcp-knowledge-base

> Example MCP server to create a knowledge-base

Record `mcp-knowledge-base` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-knowledge-base/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-knowledge-base
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-knowledge-base/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-knowledge-base

### Description (declared)

# mcp-knowledge-base MCP server

Example MCP server to interact with Obsidian.

## Components

### Tools

The server implements multiple tools to interact with Obsidian:

- list_files_in_vault: Lists all files and directories in the root directory of your Obsidian vault
- list_files_in_dir: Lists all files and directories in a specific Obsidian directory
- get_file_contents: Return the content of a single file in your vault.
- search: Search for documents matching a specified text query across all files in the vault
- patch_content: Insert content into an existing note relative to a heading, block reference, or frontmatter field.
- append_content: Append content to a new or existing file in the vault.

### Example prompts

Its good to first instruct Claude to use Obsidian. Then it will always call the tool.

The use prompts like this:
- Get the contents of the last architecture call note and summarize them
- Search for all files where Azure CosmosDb is mentioned and quickly explain to me the context in which it is mentioned
- Summarize the last meeting notes and put them into a new note 'summary meeting.md'. Add an introduction so that I can send it via email.

## Configuration

### Environment Variables

Create a `.env` file in the root directory with the following required variable:

```
OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
```

Without this API key, the server will not be able to function.

## Quickstart

### Install

#### Obsidian REST API

You need the Obsidian REST API community plugin running: https://github.com/coddingtonbear/obsidian-local-rest-api

Install and enable it in the settings and copy the api key.

#### Claude Desktop

On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

<details>
  <summary>Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration</summary>
  
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-knowledge-base": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- content.writing (0.825, derived)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)
- productivity.notes (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-knowledge-base/ (first seen 2026-09-10T02:23:11.527Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-knowledge-base/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-knowledge-base · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-knowledge-base