# slipbox-mcp

> A Zettelkasten knowledge management system as an MCP server

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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/slipbox-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/jamesfishwick/slipbox-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/jamesfishwick/slipbox-mcp/releases
- version: 1.5.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, zettelkasten, knowledge-management, note-taking, obsidian, claude
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:slipbox-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Slipbox MCP Server

![Slipbox](assets/images/1f5c3-fe0f_ascii.png)

Give your AI assistant an active role in managing your knowledge. Slipbox is an [MCP server](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) that turns any MCP-compatible agent into a Zettelkasten partner -- creating atomic notes, forming semantic links, detecting emergent clusters, and synthesizing insights from your existing knowledge.

Your ideas in, structured knowledge out. The agent handles the formatting, linking, and integration.

New to the method? Start with [_Introduction to the Zettelkasten Method_](https://zettelkasten.de/introduction/) for the why behind atomic notes and linked thinking. To see how Slipbox primes your agent with that method, read the [server instructions](src/slipbox_mcp/server/descriptions.py) it ships automatically on connect.

Built and tested with Claude. Works with any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, OpenCode, Copilot, or anything that speaks MCP).

**Plain files, zero lock-in.** Notes are markdown with YAML frontmatter -- readable in Obsidian, Foam, Logseq, or any editor. The SQLite database is an index, not the source of truth. Delete it and rebuild from files anytime.

- **19 MCP tools** for notes, links, search, graph analysis, and cluster management
- **6 workflow prompts** (plus matching skills) encoding the Zettelkasten method so you don't re-learn it every session
- **BM25 full-text search** across titles and content via SQLite FTS5
- **Cluster detection** finds emergent topic groups and scaffolds structure notes
- **Seven typed links** (reference, extends, refines, contradicts, questions, supports, related)

Python 3.10+ | macOS or Linux

![Direct idea capture: your raw thinking in, a formatted atomic note with tags and links out](assets/recordings/04-idea-capture.gif)

## Walkthrough

[![Watch the Slipbox walkthrough](https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/0eedecce86bc4eaeb57278ee4b79a259-25a1ee822d272879-full-play.gif)](https://www.loom.com/share/0eedec…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- productivity.notes (1, declared)
- data.database (0.802, derived)
- ai.prompting (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/slipbox-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T12:22:33.918Z)

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