knowledge-gateway (fszalaj/knowledge-gateway) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 26 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

C
Caution
74/100

knowledge-gateway

Filesystem/git-native MCP knowledge gateway: an Obsidian vault + code-graph and doc-to-markdown tools, served over MCP.

Caution. Specific findings reduced this grade. They are listed on the page. Grades reflect the full trust pyramid: code, verification depth, and reputation. New projects cap at C until adoption is earned.

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Who stands behind it

fszalaj

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The grade above is for the source repository. Registries can serve a different version, so we mark the ones we were not able to read.

// key findings
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
🔐
You'll be asked for 1 credential: GH_TOKEN
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// tools this server exposes27 tools · 1 behind config

These names and descriptions are the publisher's own, read from the source code. We print them as written. Our assessment is the findings above, not this list.

list_vaults

List the vaults available here, each with a short description.

list_notes

List markdown note paths (vault-relative) within a vault.

read_note

Read one markdown note's raw content.

list_attachments

List attachment files (images, PDF, audio, video) in a vault, vault-relative.

read_attachment

Read a binary attachment: an image returns as an inline Image; other types (PDF, audio, video) return as an embedded resource carrying the file's real media type. Refuses non-attachment paths and files over the 25 MiB cap.

list_canvases

List Obsidian .canvas files in a vault, vault-relative.

read_canvas

Read an Obsidian .canvas file as parsed JSON: nodes (type 'group' = a group), edges, and 'color' fields.

write_canvas

Write an Obsidian .canvas file. `canvas` is the full JSON object: `nodes` (each with id/type/x/y/width/height; type 'group' is a group, 'color' sets the color) and `edges`. Optionally git-commit.

search

Search a vault with ripgrep — literal by default, regex when regex=true.

backlinks

Find notes that [[wikilink]] to the given note.

list_tags

List inline #tags in a vault with occurrence counts.

list_graphs

List the built code graphs available for a vault (under .graph/), each with its counts and the revision its snapshot was built from.

graph_query

Search a built code graph by node id/label; returns matching nodes, highest-degree first.

graph_neighbors

Neighbours of a node up to `depth` hops (direction: in|out|both) - related nodes + edges.

god_nodes

The most-connected nodes in a code graph (architectural hot-spots).

graph_shortest_path

Shortest path between two nodes in a code graph.

graph_stats

Metadata for a built code graph: counts, communities, and the `provenance` of the snapshot - the revision it was built from, when, and whether the file still matches the manifest. A graph is a snapshot; treat a mismatch or a missing manifest as unknown freshness, not as fresh.

convert_to_markdown

Convert a document in the vault to Markdown text: PDF, Office, image, HTML, CSV, EPUB, Outlook message, audio or video. Refuses any other type (`not_convertible`), hidden and out-of-vault paths, and files over 50 MiB.

git_status

Show uncommitted changes scoped to the vault's subdir.

write_note

Atomically write a note; optionally git-commit the change.

git_commit

Commit the vault's pending changes (scoped to its subdir).

patch_note

Insert content into a note without rewriting it: after a heading (under_heading), or at the top/bottom (position). Frontmatter is preserved. Optionally git-commit.

patch_frontmatter

Update YAML frontmatter keys on a note (e.g. bump updated/status), leaving the body intact. Creates a frontmatter block if absent. Optionally git-commit.

delete_note

Delete a note; optionally git-commit the deletion.

rename_note

Rename/move a note AND update every [[wikilink]] to it across the vault (alias/heading/block/embed preserved). Requires flat-unique note names: refuses if the old name is ambiguous or the new name already exists. Path-qualified links ([[dir/Name]]) are not rewritten. Optionally commit.

query_notes

Find notes by frontmatter type and/or tag (headless Dataview-lite).

graph_buildbehind config

Build a multi-language code graph from a source tree and store it at .graph/<name>.json. Hidden dirs and common build/vendor dirs are always skipped; `exclude` adds directory names to skip, `include` force-keeps names the rule would skip.

// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configKNOWLEDGE_GATEWAY_VAULT
configKNOWLEDGE_GATEWAY_LOCAL
configKNOWLEDGE_GATEWAY_HOST
configKNOWLEDGE_GATEWAY_PORT
configKNOWLEDGE_GATEWAY_PATH
🔐 secretGH_TOKEN
configGITHUB_REPOSITORY
configGITHUB_EVENT_NAME
configGITHUB_REF_NAME
configGITHUB_OUTPUT
configGITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

27/27 tools missing one or more hints — list_vaults (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); list_notes (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); read_note (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +24 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Destructive tools are labelled

1 tool perform destructive updates without destructiveHint — delete_note deletes at line 412 (target.unlink())

Add destructiveHint:true to any tool whose handler calls .delete(), .upsert(), .update(), unlink, rm, DELETE, DROP, REPLACE INTO, or any operation that overwrites existing data.

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// full audit trail
The findings above are the summary. The full trail, every check we ran, each deduction, the network hosts observed and the dependency advisories, goes to verified publishers, along with an alert whenever a new one lands. Verified publishers can also review each finding and dispute it in one click. Publisher corrections have sharpened several of our checks this month, because the maintainer knows the codebase better than any scanner.
// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
We have 3 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.
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