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

5 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 · list_writes

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

Undo

1 tool - e.g. Revert a journaled write: every file it touched goes back to its byte-identical pre-write state (a multi-file move or heading rename is restored whole; a delete

undo_write

Latest releases

seekstone@0.18.0 · 2026-09-11

One-click semantic search (SHA-309): every release now ships a second MCP Bundle, seekstone-semantic.mcpb, with the local embedding model packed inside the extension and semantic search enabled out of the box - no…

seekstone@0.17.2 · 2026-09-08

Bump transitive qs to 6.16.0 (via @modelcontextprotocol/sdk → express), resolving GHSA-4mjr-xmp4-gh2g (DoS via attacker-controlled isBuffer) and GHSA-x5fp-wj9c-mxmx (array-limit bypass via bracket-key comma parsing).…

seekstone@0.17.1 · 2026-09-02

bump picomatch to ^4.0.7 · bump zod to ^4.5.4

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 #13 of 160 actively-maintained productivity servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-11)
registry: io.github.shaqmughal/seekstone (active, first published 2026-05-31 · 31 versions)
packages: npm:seekstone

06 · Seekstone FAQ

Is Seekstone still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-14 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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