seekstone
local MCP serverseekstone is a local MCP server: Filesystem-direct Obsidian MCP server — search and edit your vault with low context-tax. Install it from npm as seekstone.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add seekstone -e SEEKSTONE_VAULT=... -- npx -y seekstone
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": {
"seekstone": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"seekstone"
],
"env": {
"SEEKSTONE_VAULT": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
What you need
- Runtime: Node.js 18+ (runs with npx).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
- Environment variables:
SEEKSTONE_VAULT
Summary
Filesystem-direct Obsidian MCP server — search and edit your vault with low context-tax.
seekstone vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| seekstone | 29 | Local | Yes | npm |
| Obsidian Brain | 11 | Local | Yes | npm |
| Firecrawl MCP Server | 7,526 | Local | Yes | npm |
| mcp-sap-docs | 233 | Local | No | npm |
| adam-framework | 45 | Local | Yes | pypi |
Questions
It reads one environment variable: SEEKSTONE_VAULT. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Node.js 18+ (runs with npx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
seekstone is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package seekstone.
Run: claude mcp add seekstone -e SEEKSTONE_VAULT=... -- npx -y seekstone
Run: codex mcp add seekstone --env SEEKSTONE_VAULT=... -- npx -y seekstone
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