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obsei is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Self-hosted customer feedback with PII stripped at ingest: search, stats and themes with citations. It has 1,441 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx obsei.

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Install obsei

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsei": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "obsei"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSEI_DB_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env OBSEI_DB_KEY=your-value --transport stdio obsei -- uvx obsei

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsei": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "obsei"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSEI_DB_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsei_db_key",
      "description": "OBSEI_DB_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "obsei": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "obsei"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSEI_DB_KEY": "${input:obsei_db_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
OBSEI_CONFIGNoPath to obsei.yaml (default ./obsei.yaml).
OBSEI_DBNoPath to the database, overriding store.path.
OBSEI_DB_KEYsecretNoThe key that encrypts the database.

About obsei

Know what customers are saying. Keep what they said private. The self-hosted, open source alternative to Enterpret and Unwrap that strips PII before any LLM sees it. Collect feedback from every channel and language, redact personal data before it is stored, find stable themes, and let your AI agents answer questions with cited evidence.

  • customer-feedback
  • mcp
  • pii-redaction
  • privacy
  • voice-of-customer
  • gemini-cli-extension
  • app-reviews
  • customer-experience
  • customer-intelligence
  • feedback-analysis

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FAQ

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How do I install the obsei MCP server?

Add the command uvx obsei to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is obsei free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (OBSEI_DB_KEY) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is obsei actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 17, 2026. The latest release is v1.1.1, published Oct 17, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.