Hive Vault

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add hive-vault -e VAULT_PATH=... -e HIVE_OLLAMA_ENDPOINT=... -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=... -e HIVE_VAULT_SCOPES=... -- uvx hive-vault

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hive-vault": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hive-vault"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_PATH": "...",
        "HIVE_OLLAMA_ENDPOINT": "...",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "...",
        "HIVE_VAULT_SCOPES": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

On-demand Obsidian vault access for AI coding assistants — 17 tools, 5 resources, 4 prompts.

Questions

Hive Vault is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package hive-vault.

Run: claude mcp add hive-vault -e VAULT_PATH=... -e HIVE_OLLAMA_ENDPOINT=... -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=... -e HIVE_VAULT_SCOPES=... -- uvx hive-vault

Run: codex mcp add hive-vault --env VAULT_PATH=... --env HIVE_OLLAMA_ENDPOINT=... --env OPENROUTER_API_KEY=... --env HIVE_VAULT_SCOPES=... -- uvx hive-vault

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