Obelisk MCP Server

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Obelisk runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 93 installs a week from npm. Last commit 5 Sep 2026.

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Installs per day peak 244 · avg 18

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · obelisk-mcp

Stars

15 open issues

5 Sep 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Obelisk 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 obelisk -- npx -y obelisk-mcp

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Obelisk — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Obelisk?

Obelisk 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 obelisk-mcp was installed 93 times last week.

How do I connect Obelisk?

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 obelisk-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Obelisk?

The npm package obelisk-mcp was installed 93 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 Obelisk open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 2 stars on GitHub and 15 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.