Smart ConnectionsSAFE
Give Claude semantic memory of your Obsidian vault — local semantic search over Smart Connections embeddings via MCP. Multi-vault, block-level, 100% private.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
Give Claude true semantic memory of your Obsidian vault. An MCP server that searches your notes by meaning — reusing the embeddings the Smart Connections Obsidian plugin already generated, and running the same embedding model locally to understand your queries. No cloud calls; your vault never leaves your machine.
[](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) [](https://github.com/brianpetro/obsidian-smart-connections) [](LICENSE) [](https://github.com/msdanyg/smart-connections-mcp/stargazers)
What it does
- `search_notes` — semantic search across one or many vaults. Matches whole
notes and individual sections (blocks), returns similarity-ranked results with content snippets.
- `get_similar_notes` — notes similar to a given note (stored embeddings).
- `get_connection_graph` — walk similarity links outward to map related ideas.
- `get_note_content` — read a note, or extract specific blocks.
- `list_vaults` / `get_stats` — what's loaded, counts, models, load errors.
Requirements
- Node.js 20+
- An Obsidian vault with the Smart Connections plugin installed and embeddings
generated (v2 tested against Smart Connections 3.x data)
- An MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ...)
Setup (Claude Desktop)
Add to claude_desktop_config.json and restart Claude Desktop:
{
"mcpServers": {
"smart-connections": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "smart-connections-mcp"],
"env": {
"SMART_VAULT_PATH": "/path/to/Vault One,/path/to/Vault Two"
}
}
}
}One vault or several — separate paths with c
332c72951624OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Connect
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claude mcp add smart-connections-mcp -- npx -y [email protected]
Exposed tools (6)
6 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
get_connection_graph | read | |
get_note_content | read | |
get_similar_notes | read | |
get_stats | read | |
list_vaults | read | |
search_notes | read |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (7)
expect(() => resolveInsideVault(ROOT, '/etc/passwd')).toThrow(PathEscapeError);
import { Embedder } from '../../src/embedder.js';import { SearchEngine } from '../../src/search-engine.js';import { VaultRegistry } from '../../src/vault-registry.js';import { cosineSimilarity } from '../../src/vector-index.js';expect(() => resolveInsideVault(ROOT, 'a/../../etc/passwd')).toThrow(PathEscapeError);
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, @huggingface/transformers, zod, @types/node, typescript, vitest
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
332c72951624full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/msdanyg__smart-connections.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 332c72951624 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Smart Connections MCP server?
Give Claude semantic memory of your Obsidian vault — local semantic search over Smart Connections embeddings via MCP. Multi-vault, block-level, 100% private.
What tools does Smart Connections expose?
6 in total: 6 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Smart Connections safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Smart Connections need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Smart Connections run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as smart-connections-mcp at 2.0.1.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (332c72951624), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.