# memex-md-mcp

> MCP server for semantic search over markdown vaults

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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/memex-md-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Maximilian Wolf
- repository: https://github.com/MaxWolf-01/memex/issues
- version: 1.3.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, obsidian, markdown, semantic-search, embeddings, claude, agent, agentic, llm, rag
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:memex-md-mcp

### Description (declared)

# memex-md-mcp

*You like Obsidian? Your LLM will love it too.*

*[Memex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex): Vannevar Bush's 1945 concept of a "memory extender" - a device for storing and retrieving personal knowledge. The conceptual ancestor of personal wikis and second brains.*

MCP server for searching and navigating markdown vaults. Point it at your Obsidian vault (or any markdown folder) and get semantic search, wikilink/backlink traversal, and note renaming with automatic link updates.

**What memex is:** A search and navigation layer over your markdown files. SQLite with FTS5 for keyword search, [embeddinggemma](https://huggingface.co/google/embeddinggemma-300m) for semantic similarity, wikilink graph for backlinks.

**What memex isn't:** An automatic memory system. It won't capture context or write notes for you. For that, check out [claude-mem](https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem) (automatic memory compression with hooks and summaries). Memex pairs well with workflow layers on top—see [my agent workflows](https://github.com/MaxWolf-01/agents) for an example using memex as the knowledge backend.

## Quick Start

```bash
claude mcp add memex -- uvx --from 'memex-md-mcp==1.*' memex-md-mcp
```

Then ask Claude to help configure your vaults - it has `mcp_info()` which explains everything. Or manually edit your settings (see Configuration below).

**Version note:** The above pins to the latest 1.x release for stability. For bleeding edge, use `memex-md-mcp@latest`—but watch the repo for releases, since major bumps may require deleting your index (`~/.local/share/memex-md-mcp/memex.db`).

## What This Does

Memex gives Claude read access to your markdown vaults. It creates a local index at `~/.local/share/memex-md-mcp/memex.db` and logs to `~/.local/share/memex-md-mcp/memex.log`. The index contains:

- Full-text search index (FTS5) for keyword matching
- Embeddings (google/embeddinggemma-300m) for semantic similarity
- Wikilink graph for backlink queries
…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.vector-search (1, declared)
- productivity.notes (1, declared)
- ai.model-access (0.905, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/memex-md-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T05:22:46.267Z)

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