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Nouz MCP Server

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Nouz runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 802 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Sep 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 306 · avg 90 · +26% w/w
a month agotoday
802
Installs / week
pypi · nouz-mcp
19
Stars
0 open issues
2 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 17 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.

Builds a file path from a variable nouz_mcp/paths.py:12, [пакет] nouz_mcp/paths.py:12
    return os.path.join(obsidian_root, database_name)
    subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-c", script], check=True)

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 NOUZ-MCP -- uvx nouz-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "NOUZ-MCP": {
      "args": [
        "nouz-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.NOUZ-MCP]
command = "uvx"
args = ["nouz-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "NOUZ-MCP": {
      "args": [
        "nouz-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "NOUZ-MCP": {
      "args": [
        "nouz-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OBSIDIAN_ROOT (Path to Obsidian vault), NOUZ_CONFIG (Absolute path to config.yaml; if omitted, server looks in current working directory), NOUZ_DATABASE_NAME (SQLite cache filename inside OBSIDIAN_ROOT), NOUZ_DATABASE_PATH (Full SQLite cache path; takes precedence over NOUZ_DATABASE_NAME), EMBED_ENABLED (Enable embedding-based features), EMBED_PROVIDER (Embedding provider: openai-compatible endpoint or ollama), EMBED_MODEL (Embedding model name), EMBED_API_URL (Embedding API endpoint). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Nouz — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Nouz?
Nouz 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 nouz-mcp was installed 802 times last week.
How do I connect Nouz?
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 nouz-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Nouz?
The pypi package nouz-mcp was installed 802 times in the last week. Week over week that is +26%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Nouz open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 19 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.