TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) MCP Server

Name: TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) MCP Server
Author: io.github.OVDEN13

io.github.OVDEN13/trilium-mcp

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What is the TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) MCP server?

Read and write a self-hosted TriliumNext knowledge base over its ETAPI.

How to install TriliumNext (trilium-mcp)

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

TRILIUM_URL
required
Base URL of the Trilium ETAPI. Comma-separated for failover: fast LAN first, public fallback (e.g. http://192.168.0.10:8092,https://memo.example.com).
TRILIUM_TOKEN
required
secret
ETAPI token created in Trilium under Options -> ETAPI
TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
Per-request HTTP timeout in seconds (default 30)
TRILIUM_MCP_LOG
Tool-call log level on stderr: off / info (default) / debug

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trilium-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_URL": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TRILIUM_MCP_LOG": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_MCP_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trilium-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_URL": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TRILIUM_MCP_LOG": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_MCP_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trilium-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_URL": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TRILIUM_MCP_LOG": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_MCP_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "trilium-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_URL": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TRILIUM_MCP_LOG": "<YOUR_TRILIUM_MCP_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add trilium-mcp --env TRILIUM_URL=<YOUR_TRILIUM_URL> --env TRILIUM_TOKEN=<YOUR_TRILIUM_TOKEN> --env TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=<YOUR_TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS> --env TRILIUM_MCP_LOG=<YOUR_TRILIUM_MCP_LOG> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5