Omni Seek MCP Server - install, status & alternatives [2026]

01 · Install Omni Seek

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add battam1111-omniseek -- uvx omniseek

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "battam1111-omniseek": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "omniseek"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

repo age created 2026-06-29 - young repo, little track record yet

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

pypi package omniseek - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.Battam1111 is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Omni Seek can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can read images, document figures, video frames with vision, map a research field's citation neighborhood: foundational core vs. frontier, resolve a person's name to candidate author IDs across databases, and map a researcher's collaboration network by joint-paper count.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Omni Seek lets an agent do.

Omniseek

17 tools - e.g. Fan out across the whole catalog, deduplicate, rank. Cross-lingual (semantic + lexical).; Normalize any URL or document (web page, PDF, arXiv) into clean text.; Read images, document figures, video…

omniseek_search · omniseek_read · omniseek_view · omniseek_transcribe · omniseek_field_skeleton · omniseek_resolve_identity…

auth & access

1 tool - e.g. Map a researcher's collaboration network by joint-paper count.

omniseek_coauthors

Latest releases

v0.2.0 · 2026-08-16

Every public claim is now measured, printed at boot, or tightened to exactly what the code does. · Public benchmark: six suites mapped onto the README claims, 54 tasks with recorded search-resistance evidence…

v0.1.3 · 2026-08-16

Polish release. Runtime strings speak only about the catalog (no private-era operator voice anywhere; a sync residue gate now makes that class unshippable). New: docs/sources.md, the source catalog as a…

v0.1.2 · 2026-08-16

Fixes a first-run hang: on a fresh install, the FIRST ranked search could block forever (the ranking/recall import chain loaded lazily on the event-loop thread mid-call and could deadlock on Windows over stdio). Both…

04 · Who maintains Omni Seek

OmniSeek is maintained by battam1111. We track 2 MCP servers from battam1111 - 2 actively maintained, 110 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Apr 2026. Full record: all servers from battam1111.

Myco: Agent-First Cognitive Substrate Agent-first cognitive substrate: 20 verbs + 50 lint dims over a self-validating graph. ★ 63

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/battam1111/omniseek
website: https://battam1111.github.io/omniseek
category: memory - ranked #43 of 259 actively-maintained memory servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 5 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-16)
registry: io.github.Battam1111/omniseek (active, first published 2026-08-16 · 4 versions)
packages: pypi:omniseek · oci:ghcr.io/battam1111/omniseek:v0.2.0

06 · Omni Seek FAQ

Is Omni Seek still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-22 and it shipped 5 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Omni Seek do?

With this server connected, an agent can read images, document figures, video frames with vision, map a research field's citation neighborhood: foundational core vs. frontier, resolve a person's name to candidate author IDs across databases, and map a researcher's collaboration network by joint-paper count.

How do I install Omni Seek?

Run `uvx omniseek`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Omni Seek run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Omni Seek

Alternatives to Omni Seek

Maintained memory servers if Omni Seek isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Omni Seek doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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