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DEVONthink MCP (istefox)

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MCP server for DEVONthink 4 — outcome-oriented tools, preview-then-apply, audit + undo.

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Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

MCPB package https://github.com/istefox/istefox-dt-mcp/releases/download/v0.5.2/istefox-dt-mcp-0.5.2.mcpb

Environment variables

  • ISTEFOX_FAST_LIST_DATABASES Set to '1' to skip recursive record_count when listing databases. Useful for databases with tens of thousands of records where the first call would otherwise take several seconds.
  • ISTEFOX_PREVIEW_TTL_S Override TTL in seconds for preview_token returned by file_document/bulk_apply dry_run (default 300, range 1-3600).
  • ISTEFOX_RAG_ENABLED Set to '1' to enable embedded ChromaDB vector retrieval for ask_database and search (mode=hybrid). EXPERIMENTAL in 0.1.0; embedding model not yet benchmarked cross-corpus (see ADR-008).
  • ISTEFOX_RAG_MODEL sentence-transformers model name used by the RAG provider. Default paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2 (~120MB). Override examples: BAAI/bge-m3 (~2.2GB).

Frequently asked questions

What is DEVONthink MCP (istefox)?

MCP server for DEVONthink 4 — outcome-oriented tools, preview-then-apply, audit + undo.

How do I install DEVONthink MCP (istefox)?

Follow the installation steps in its documentation, shown on this page and in its repository.

Does DEVONthink MCP (istefox) need an API key?

Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.

Is DEVONthink MCP (istefox) open source?

Its code is public on GitHub, but the repository does not declare a standard license.

Who maintains DEVONthink MCP (istefox)?

It is published by istefox. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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