Nouz
Quality Score
90
/100
Semantic knowledge engine for Obsidian with auto-classification and DAG hierarchy
§01 Install
Claude Desktop (uvx)
{
"mcpServers": {
"NOUZ-MCP": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nouz-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_ROOT": "./obsidian",
"NOUZ_CONFIG": "<nouz_config>",
"NOUZ_DATABASE_NAME": "obsidian_kb.db",
"NOUZ_DATABASE_PATH": "<nouz_database_path>",
"EMBED_ENABLED": "true",
"EMBED_PROVIDER": "openai",
"EMBED_MODEL": "<embed_model>",
"EMBED_API_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1"
}
}
}
}§02 Environment variables
OBSIDIAN_ROOTPath to Obsidian vault
NOUZ_CONFIGAbsolute path to config.yaml; if omitted, server looks in current working directory
NOUZ_DATABASE_NAMESQLite cache filename inside OBSIDIAN_ROOT
NOUZ_DATABASE_PATHFull SQLite cache path; takes precedence over NOUZ_DATABASE_NAME
EMBED_ENABLEDEnable embedding-based features
EMBED_PROVIDEREmbedding provider: openai, gigachat, lmstudio, ollama
EMBED_MODELEmbedding model name
EMBED_API_URLEmbedding API endpoint
§03 MCP Quality Score · methodology
freshness
25
completeness
15
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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