"Web search without requiring an API key" matching MCP servers:

Provides hybrid search (BM25 + vector) and staleness reporting for local markdown notes, exposing search and indexing tools to AI assistants via MCP.

Enables local semantic and full-text search over Markdown notes through MCP, returning relevant passages ranked by meaning and exact terms without requiring a GPU or hosted APIs.

Self-hosted MCP server that provides embedding-powered semantic search with graph context over Obsidian vaults, supporting multiple vaults, local embeddings, and a web dashboard.

This MCP server enables AI tools to read Dedao Brain (formerly Get Notes) web notes from a free account, exposing AI summaries, original transcripts, and audio attachment links or downloads, with an accompanying CLI.

Enables AI clients to read, write, search, and manage files in an Obsidian vault via MCP over SSE, running standalone without the Obsidian desktop app.

Enables natural-language semantic search over your own local files through an MCP server, fully offline without API keys or a server daemon, with optional LLM-grounded answers and exact file:line sources.

Enables semantic search over markdown files to find related notes by meaning rather than keywords, and automatically detect duplicate content before creating new notes.

Unofficial Notion MCP server built on Notion's private API (token_v2 cookie). Gives LLM agents full read/write access to the entire workspace — no integration token and no per-page sharing.

Enables local hybrid search over Obsidian and Markdown vaults via MCP, combining vector retrieval, full-text search, reranking, graph navigation, and safe CRUD while keeping data local.

A TypeScript-based MCP server that implements a simple notes system, providing resources for accessing notes via URIs, tools for creating notes, and prompts for generating summaries.

Provides ranked full-text search over Obsidian vaults using SQLite FTS5, BM25 scoring, and multilingual stemming, adding a vault_fts_search tool to find relevant notes beyond exact line matches.

Enables advanced todo list management and content organization using Notion's API, supporting features like creating databases, dynamic filtering, and collaborative task tracking.

A zero-config personal knowledge management MCP server that enables Claude Desktop to automatically classify, search, and organize local Markdown notes using hybrid search and Graph RAG.

Built-in MCP server that gives AI agents direct access to an Obsidian vault for reading, writing, searching notes, and executing commands.

AI assistant integration with Logseq knowledge graph: 21 tools to read, write, query, and search notes, enabling seamless interaction with your notes.

MCP server that indexes Obsidian notes and enables hybrid search (full-text, fuzzy, semantic) for AI assistants to find and read notes.

Enables fast local hybrid search over a folder of markdown files via MCP, combining BM25 and vector similarity with explicit relevance verdicts and no LLM or network calls at query time.

Read-only semantic retrieval for agents that need to find the right Obsidian note without write access.

A bridge server that allows LLM tools to interact with an Obsidian vault through a local REST API, enabling file operations, note management, and metadata access through natural language.

Enables offline search of personal notes and FAQ collections through MCP tools.