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Hive Vault MCP Server

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Hive Vault runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 937 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 7 Sep 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 2 016 · avg 358 · -78% w/w
a month agotoday
937
Installs / week
pypi · hive-vault
10
Stars
32 open issues
7 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

        subprocess.run(  # noqa: S603,S607 — fixed args, owner derived from env

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add hive-vault -- uvx hive-vault
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hive-vault": {
      "args": [
        "hive-vault"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.hive-vault]
command = "uvx"
args = ["hive-vault"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hive-vault": {
      "args": [
        "hive-vault"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hive-vault": {
      "args": [
        "hive-vault"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: VAULT_PATH (Absolute path to your Obsidian vault (or any Markdown directory)), HIVE_OLLAMA_ENDPOINT (Ollama API endpoint for local worker delegation), OPENROUTER_API_KEY (OpenRouter API key for cloud worker delegation), HIVE_VAULT_SCOPES (JSON mapping of scope names to vault subdirectories). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Hive Vault — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Hive Vault?
Hive Vault 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 pypi package hive-vault was installed 937 times last week.
How do I connect Hive Vault?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls hive-vault straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Hive Vault?
The pypi package hive-vault was installed 937 times in the last week. Week over week that is -78%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Hive Vault open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 10 stars on GitHub and 32 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.