Gnosis MCP server

Gnosis MCP is a small helper that turns a folder of Markdown notes or documentation into something your AI can search. You point it at your docs once, and after that your AI can look things up on its own. It is handy if you keep a lot of written notes and are tired of copying and pasting them into the chat.

What this MCP server does

First you install Gnosis MCP and run one command that reads your docs folder and builds a searchable index. Then you start it, and it sits quietly in the background as a helper your AI can call. When you ask your AI something about your docs, the AI sends a search request to this helper. The helper looks through the index and hands back the most relevant short excerpts, with the matching words highlighted. Your AI reads those excerpts and answers you, without ever needing the whole file.

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What you can do with it

• Search your Markdown docs by keyword and get short highlighted excerpts back
• Search with meaning, not just exact words, if you turn on the optional embeddings
• Open a full document by its file path when a snippet is not enough
• Follow links between related documents to find connected notes
• Search your git commit history as searchable context
• Pull documentation in from a website by crawling it
• See stats about what is indexed and which queries came up empty

What it gives back to you

You get short passages from your own documents, usually a few hundred words, with the matched words highlighted. Sometimes you get a list of document paths and titles, or a full document if you asked for one. You can also get simple stats, like how many documents are indexed and which queries found nothing. Everything shows up right in the chat, as part of your AI's answer.

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Who it's for

Anyone who keeps a lot of written notes, internal docs, or project documentation and wants their AI to search it instead of pasting files.