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Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP. Query Metadata Across Your Entire Local Vault

Markdown Frontmatter Harvester indexes your local knowledge base by scanning Obsidian or Hugo vaults and extracting all YAML metadata into a single, queryable JSON file. It lets your AI agent instantly read tags, dates, statuses, and other notes' hidden data without needing to search thousands of scattered markdown files.

Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Index entire vaults

The MCP scans massive local directories to build a unified index of metadata from all contained markdown files.

Extract specific fields

It pulls out named data points like tags, dates, and status markers written in YAML frontmatter.

Query structured data

Your agent queries the generated JSON index directly, allowing precise filtering across thousands of documents at once.

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Markdown Frontmatter Harvester

What AI agents can do with Markdown Frontmatter Harvester: 1 Tool

Use the available tool to scan your entire notes directory and create an instant, queryable index of all metadata found in your markdown files.

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Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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Harvest Markdown Frontmatter

Provide the absolute directory path to scan local Markdown files and extract all YAML tags, dates, and metadata into an index.

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Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Markdown Frontmatter Harvester integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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The Metadata Black Box Problem

Today, if your notes live in Obsidian or Hugo, the important details—like whether a note is marked 'draft' or belongs to the 'research' tag—are tucked away in YAML frontmatter blocks at the top of files. When you try to ask an AI client about these details, it often fails because it can't read thousands of local files quickly enough to build a complete picture.

With this MCP, your agent sees the full story. It scans the whole folder and rips out only that hidden metadata, packaging it into one clean JSON index. Your AI gets a unified database view, letting you ask sophisticated questions about your entire archive without any guesswork.

Markdown Frontmatter Harvester gives you structured data access

Manually auditing notes means opening folders, searching file names, and copy-pasting tags or dates into a spreadsheet just to count items. It's slow, prone to error, and terrible for large vaults.

Now you give the MCP the path, and it handles all the indexing work instantly. You get back a single JSON index that makes querying your entire knowledge base fast, reliable, and simple.

What Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP does for your AI

Writing with digital notes means using tools like Obsidian or Hugo, which rely on YAML 'frontmatter'—those little blocks at the top of a file that hold metadata like status: draft or tags: [idea]. When your AI client asks, 'Which posts are marked as drafts from 2024?', it usually fails because it can't quickly index every single local markdown file.

This MCP fixes that. It acts like a hyper-fast librarian, recursively scanning your entire folder structure and stripping out only the YAML frontmatter from every document. The result is a clean JSON index of your whole vault. Your agent gets one structured data set it can filter, sort, and query instantly, giving you reliable answers about your scattered notes.

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Frequently asked questions about Markdown Frontmatter Harvester MCP

How does Markdown Frontmatter Harvester read my local Obsidian vault? +

The MCP scans the absolute directory path you provide. It specifically targets YAML frontmatter blocks within markdown files to extract tags, dates, and status markers.

Is this tool private or does it upload my notes? +

No, it's entirely air-gapped. Your journal entries and business notes never leave your machine; the processing happens locally on your system for maximum privacy.

What file types can harvest_markdown_frontmatter handle? +

It is designed to scan Markdown files (like those used in Obsidian or Hugo) and extract the YAML frontmatter contained within them.

Does this MCP read the body text of my notes? +

No, it only reads the metadata. It extracts the structured YAML data at the top of the file; the actual content of your note is ignored during indexing.