MarkIndex MCP Server

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MarkIndex runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 607 installs a week from npm. Last commit 4 Nov 2026.

Vectorless, structure-first search over large Markdown libraries: section trees + zh/en BM25

Installs per day peak 285 · avg 9

a month agotoday

607

Installs / week

npm · markindex

Stars

1 open issue

4 Nov 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check MarkIndex every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add markindex -- npx -y markindex

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markindex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "markindex"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.markindex]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "markindex"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markindex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "markindex"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "markindex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "markindex"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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MarkIndex — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MarkIndex?

MarkIndex runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package markindex was installed 607 times last week.

How do I connect MarkIndex?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls markindex straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use MarkIndex?

The npm package markindex was installed 607 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is MarkIndex open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.