Seekstone MCP Server - install, status & alternatives [2026]

01 · Install Seekstone

before you install - you'll need

SEEKSTONE_VAULT

Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.

Claude Code

claude mcp add shaqmughal-seekstone -- npx -y seekstone

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shaqmughal-seekstone": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "seekstone"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package seekstone - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

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

03 · What Seekstone 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 the full content of a note by vault-relative path. Supports returning a single section, block, or line range, list notes, optionally filtered by folder prefix or tag, list all tags in the vault sorted by usage count (or alphabetically), and read a note's heading and block structure without its full content - cheap navigation before a targeted read.

Capability map

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

Note

10 tools - e.g. Read the full content of a note by vault-relative path. Supports returning a single section, block, or line range.; Return a note's heading and block structure without its full content - cheap navigation…

read_note · outline_note · get_periodic_note · create_note · delete_note · move_note…

read & search

4 tools - e.g. Full-text search. Returns ranked excerpts (default ~120 chars, tunable via excerptLength), not full notes. Fuzzy and prefix matching; with SEEKSTONE_SEMANTIC=1,; List all tags in the vault sorted by usage…

search · list_tags · get_backlinks · get_links

Notes

2 tools - e.g. Structured metadata query. Filter by frontmatter key/value predicates (eq, ne, contains, exists, missing, gt/gte/lt/lte), tag, folder, modified time, and size; ; List notes, optionally filtered by folder…

query_notes · list_notes

update

2 tools - e.g. Rename a heading in a note - every [[noteheading]] wikilink and embed across the vault is rewritten so references keep working (aliases preserved, fenced code ; Set, update, or delete frontmatter keys…

rename_heading · patch_frontmatter

Context

1 tool - e.g. Answer-ready context for a natural-language question in one call, hard-capped at a byte budget (default 2 KB): ranked excerpts, linked neighbor notes with one-l

context_pack

Latest releases

[email protected] · 2026-08-24

Fix the .mcpb extension crashing at startup (ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND: chunk-.js). tsup's ESM code splitting (default-on) emitted separate chunk files for the dynamic import() introduced with semantic search in 0.15.0, and…

[email protected] · 2026-08-20

Local semantic search, opt-in and fully offline. With SEEKSTONE_SEMANTIC=1, the search tool gains mode: "semantic" (meaning-based search - a description like "instrument that measures wind speed" finds the Anemometer…

[email protected] · 2026-08-20

Complete compare-and-swap coverage: every write tool now participates. move_note and delete_note accept an optional prevHash guarding the source note - a stale hash fails with the structured hash_conflict error before…

04 · Who maintains Seekstone

seekstone is maintained by shaqmughal. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/shaqmughal/seekstone
category: productivity - ranked #17 of 139 actively-maintained productivity servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-24)
registry: io.github.shaqmughal/seekstone (active, first published 2026-05-31 · 25 versions)
packages: npm:seekstone

06 · Seekstone FAQ

Is Seekstone still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-24 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Seekstone do?

With this server connected, an agent can read the full content of a note by vault-relative path. Supports returning a single section, block, or line range, list notes, optionally filtered by folder prefix or tag, list all tags in the vault sorted by usage count (or alphabetically), and read a note's heading and block structure without its full content - cheap navigation before a targeted read.

How do I install Seekstone?

Run `npx -y seekstone`. The README documents one environment variable (SEEKSTONE_VAULT) to set first. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Seekstone run locally?

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

07 · Alternatives to Seekstone

Alternatives to Seekstone

Maintained productivity servers if Seekstone isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

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

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