SurfSense / surfsense_mcp
MODSetter/SurfSense/surfsense_mcp/AGENTS.md
MCP server. Talks to the SurfSense backend over REST only. Does not import backend code. Root AGENTS.md owns organization. Layout: mcpserver/features/ (scrapers, knowledge base, workspaces), mcpserver/core/ (auth, client, transport).
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- surfsensemcp
- Commands
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- Do not
# surfsense_mcp MCP server. Talks to the SurfSense backend over REST only. Does not import backend code. Root `AGENTS.md` owns organization. Layout: `mcp_server/features/` (scrapers, knowledge base, workspaces), `mcp_server/core/` (auth, client, transport). ## Commands ```bash uv sync uv run pytest uv run surfsense-mcp ``` ## Do - New tools: vertical slice under `mcp_server/features/`, one responsibility per file. - New behavior: `tdd` skill. - Adding a new MCP tool shape later: install Anthropic `mcp-builder` then, not now. ## Do not - Do not import `surfsense_backend`. - Do not rewrite existing feature packages unless that is the task.
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Discussion
Talked about elsewhere, linking to MODSetter/SurfSense
- Show HN: SurfSense – A Personal NotebookLM and Perplexity-Like AI with Privacy
Hacker News · 3 points · Nov 13, 2024
- 🆕 New open-source gem: SurfSense 🪄 AI research agent that searches Google, Slack, YouTube & your docs 📂 Reads 50+ file types 🎙️…
Bluesky · @devops.pink · 6 likes and reposts · 1 replies · Jul 24, 2025
- feat: fixed azure openai AutoEmbeddings
GitHub · feyninc/chonkie · 1 reactions · 6 comments · Nov 1, 2025
- SurfSense a Knowledge Graph Brain for World Wide Web Surfers
Hacker News · 3 points · 1 comments · Aug 13, 2024
- 📦 MODSetter / SurfSense ⭐ 1,818 (+42) 🗒 TypeScript Open Source Alternative to NotebookLM / Perplexity / Glean, connected to external…
Bluesky · @github-trending.bsky.social · 4 likes and reposts · May 3, 2025
- Add SurfSense
GitHub · AppImage/appimage.github.io · 1 comments · Sep 27, 2026
- SurfSense – Never Forget Anything You See on Internet
Hacker News · 2 points · 1 comments · Aug 24, 2024
- A Customizable AI Research Agent just like NotebookLM or Perplexity, but connected to external sources such as search engines (Tavily,…
Bluesky · @x.laoda.ge.ap.brid.gy · 4 likes and reposts · May 2, 2025
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