Search your own PDFs, Markdown and text files from any assistant. Local, no key, cited passages.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add sextant -e SEXTANT_FOLDER=<SEXTANT_FOLDER> -- uvx sextant-kb==0.10.0
{
"mcpServers": {
"sextant": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"sextant-kb==0.10.0"
],
"env": {
"SEXTANT_FOLDER": "<SEXTANT_FOLDER>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"sextant": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"sextant-kb==0.10.0"
],
"env": {
"SEXTANT_FOLDER": "<SEXTANT_FOLDER>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"sextant": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"sextant-kb==0.10.0"
],
"env": {
"SEXTANT_FOLDER": "<SEXTANT_FOLDER>"
}
}
}
}
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Tools
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Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
SEXTANT_FOLDEROptional | A folder of documents to index on start and keep in step with, e.g. ~/Documents |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (PYPI, stdio) |
| First published | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Last updated | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.hulagerushikesh/sextant |
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