TriliumNext (trilium-mcp)

io.github.OVDEN13/trilium-mcp · v0.1.5

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

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Terminal

claude mcp add trilium-mcp -e TRILIUM_URL=<TRILIUM_URL> -e TRILIUM_TOKEN=<TRILIUM_TOKEN> -e TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=<TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS> -e TRILIUM_MCP_LOG=<TRILIUM_MCP_LOG> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5

claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.cursor/mcp.json

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

.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": "<TRILIUM_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_TOKEN": "<TRILIUM_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TRILIUM_MCP_LOG": "<TRILIUM_MCP_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`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` Optional	Per-request HTTP timeout in seconds (default 30)
`TRILIUM_MCP_LOG` Optional	Tool-call log level on stderr: off / info (default) / debug

Details

Package	`ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5` (OCI, stdio)
First published	11 May 2026
Last updated	11 May 2026
Registry name	`io.github.OVDEN13/trilium-mcp`

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