Nouz

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add nouz-mcp -e OBSIDIAN_ROOT=... -e NOUZ_CONFIG=... -e NOUZ_DATABASE_NAME=... -e NOUZ_DATABASE_PATH=... -e EMBED_ENABLED=... -e EMBED_PROVIDER=... -e EMBED_MODEL=... -e EMBED_API_URL=... -- uvx nouz-mcp

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": {
    "nouz-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nouz-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_ROOT": "...",
        "NOUZ_CONFIG": "...",
        "NOUZ_DATABASE_NAME": "...",
        "NOUZ_DATABASE_PATH": "...",
        "EMBED_ENABLED": "...",
        "EMBED_PROVIDER": "...",
        "EMBED_MODEL": "...",
        "EMBED_API_URL": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Semantic knowledge engine for Obsidian with auto-classification and DAG hierarchy

Questions

Nouz is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package nouz-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add nouz-mcp -e OBSIDIAN_ROOT=... -e NOUZ_CONFIG=... -e NOUZ_DATABASE_NAME=... -e NOUZ_DATABASE_PATH=... -e EMBED_ENABLED=... -e EMBED_PROVIDER=... -e EMBED_MODEL=... -e EMBED_API_URL=... -- uvx nouz-mcp

Run: codex mcp add nouz-mcp --env OBSIDIAN_ROOT=... --env NOUZ_CONFIG=... --env NOUZ_DATABASE_NAME=... --env NOUZ_DATABASE_PATH=... --env EMBED_ENABLED=... --env EMBED_PROVIDER=... --env EMBED_MODEL=... --env EMBED_API_URL=... -- uvx nouz-mcp

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