LLM-WikiMind MCP Setup

LLM-WikiMind MCP Setup Skill

Set up the LLM-WikiMind MCP server — a local knowledge base built on Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern.

What you get: 5 MCP tools (wiki_search, wiki_get, wiki_list, wiki_ingest_note, wiki_domains) backed by BM25 full-text search over your local Markdown files. No embeddings, no vector DB, no cloud.

Trigger phrases

Installation Workflow

Step 1: Install the only dependency

pip3 install qmd

Step 2: Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/HAL-9909/llm-wikimind
cd llm-wikimind

Step 3: Initialize the wiki

Run the interactive setup — it will ask where to store the knowledge base and handle everything else:

./wikimind init

Options:

| Command | When to use | |---------|-------------| | ./wikimind init | Create a fresh wiki (interactive, asks for path) | | ./wikimind init ~/my-notes --adopt | Adopt an existing Markdown directory |

init automatically:

Step 4: Register the MCP server

The init command prints the exact snippet. For reference:

CatDesk / OpenClaw:

catdesk mcp add --name wiki-kb --json '{
  "command": "python3",
  "args": ["/.wiki-mcp/server.py"],
  "env": {"WIKIMIND_ROOT": ""}
}'

Replace with the path chosen in Step 3 (e.g. ~/Documents/wiki).

Claude Desktop — add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wiki-kb": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["/.wiki-mcp/server.py"],
      "env": { "WIKIMIND_ROOT": "" }
    }
  }
}

Step 5: Start the auto-sync watcher

./wikimind start

Auto-start on login:

echo '/path/to/llm-wikimind/wikimind start > /dev/null 2>&1' >> ~/.zshrc

Step 6: Verify

./wikimind status

Expected output:

→ Wiki root:  ~/Documents/wiki
✓ Wiki exists — 1 domain(s), 3 pages
✓ Watcher running (pid 12345)
✓ qmd installed

MCP Tools Reference

Once registered, these 5 tools are available to any MCP-compatible AI client:

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | wiki_search | BM25 full-text search across all domains | | wiki_get | Read a specific page in full | | wiki_list | List pages by domain and/or type | | wiki_ingest_note | Write a new page + rebuild index + sync cache | | wiki_domains | List all registered domains and their trigger keywords |

Auto-update: always in sync

The watcher runs in the background and keeps everything current automatically:

No restarts. No manual config changes.

Adding knowledge after setup

Install the companion ingest skill:

npx clawhub@latest install wikimind-ingest

Then just say: "Add this to my knowledge base: [paste content or URL]"

Troubleshooting

qmd: command not found → Run pip3 install qmd

MCP server not responding → Check ./wikimind status and ensure WIKIMIND_ROOT is set correctly

Watcher not running → Run ./wikimind start; add to ~/.zshrc for auto-start

New domain not detected → Ensure DOMAIN.md has a keywords frontmatter field; check ./wikimind status

qmd: command not found → Run pip3 install qmd

MCP server not responding → Check ./wikimind status and ensure WIKIMIND_ROOT is set correctly

Watcher not running → Run ./wikimind start; add to ~/.zshrc for auto-start

New domain not detected → Ensure DOMAIN.md has a keywords frontmatter field; check ./wikimind status