# obsei (MCP server)

> 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.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/obsei/obsei |
| GitHub stars | 1,441 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: obsei |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | v1.1.1 (Oct 17, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 17, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.obsei/obsei |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```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

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

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```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)

```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 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `OBSEI_CONFIG`: Path to obsei.yaml (default ./obsei.yaml).
- `OBSEI_DB`: Path to the database, overriding store.path.
- `OBSEI_DB_KEY` (secret): The key that encrypts the database.

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