Gnosis MCP

Stop pasting files into context. Your AI agent searches your local docs instead. 5–10× fewer tokens per lookup. 92 % Hit@5 on real dev docs. Zero cloud dependencies. Its 9 documented tools cluster into read & search, upsert, delete, update.

People who work with developer tools, documentation and knowledge base and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-11 · ★ 29 · #35 OF 208 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Gnosis MCP

before you install - you'll need

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add nicholasglazer-gnosis-mcp -- uvx gnosis-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nicholasglazer-gnosis-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gnosis-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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

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

03 · What Gnosis MCP 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 search by keyword or hybrid semantic+keyword, retrieve a full document by path, find linked/related documents (multi-hop, relation type filtering), and search indexed git commit history.

Capability map

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

read & search

6 tools - e.g. Search by keyword or hybrid semantic+keyword; Retrieve a full document by path; Find linked/related documents (multi-hop, relation type filtering)

search_docs · get_doc · get_related · search_git_history · get_context · get_graph_stats

Upsert

1 tool - e.g. Create or replace a document

upsert_doc

delete

1 tool - e.g. Remove a document and its chunks

delete_doc

update

1 tool - e.g. Change title, category, tags

update_metadata

Latest releases

v0.17.5 · 2026-09-11

Fixed · A section's own heading was not indexed once the section grew past the · chunk size. _split_section_by_subheadings began its chunks at the first · sub-heading, so content[:first_match] - the parent heading and…

v0.17.4 · 2026-09-11

Added · gnosis-mcp usage - what this corpus was asked, what it served, and what · it could not answer, over a window (--days, default 30): calls, misses, · documents served, indexed documents no query has ever…

v0.17.3 · 2026-09-11

Files that live on disk but shouldn't be searchable can now be excluded at · ingest time - and an exclude added later actually removes what was already · indexed. · Added · GNOSIS_MCP_INGEST_EXCLUDE - comma-separated…

04 · Who maintains Gnosis MCP

Gnosis MCP is maintained by nicholasglazer. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/nicholasglazer/gnosis-mcp
category: documentation - ranked #35 of 208 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-11)
registry: io.github.nicholasglazer/gnosis (active, first published 2026-02-19 · 26 versions)
packages: pypi:gnosis-mcp

06 · Gnosis MCP FAQ

Is Gnosis MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-11 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Gnosis MCP do?

How do I install Gnosis MCP?

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

Does Gnosis MCP 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 Gnosis MCP

Alternatives to Gnosis MCP

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Pairs well with

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