Smart Connections MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 93 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 Aug 2026.
Local semantic search over Obsidian vaults via Smart Connections embeddings. Multi-vault, private.
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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 mcp add smart-connections-mcp -e 'SMART_VAULT_PATH=<SMART_VAULT_PATH>' -- npx -y smart-connections-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"smart-connections-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-connections-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SMART_VAULT_PATH": "<SMART_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.smart-connections-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "smart-connections-mcp"]
env = { SMART_VAULT_PATH = "<SMART_VAULT_PATH>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"smart-connections-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-connections-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SMART_VAULT_PATH": "<SMART_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"smart-connections-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-connections-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SMART_VAULT_PATH": "<SMART_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<SMART_VAULT_PATH> (One or more absolute Obsidian vault paths, comma-separated (alias: SMART_VAULT_PATHS)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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