Onyx Knowledge Base▌

by lupuletic
Onyx Knowledge Base is knowledge base software with semantic search and chat, enabling teams to access and manage knowle
Bridges Onyx knowledge bases with semantic search and chat capabilities, enabling teams to access organizational knowledge through RAG-powered document retrieval with configurable context windows.
best for
- / Teams accessing organizational knowledge bases
- / Document research and information retrieval
- / Knowledge management workflows
capabilities
- / Search documents semantically across Onyx knowledge bases
- / Retrieve document chunks with configurable context windows
- / Filter searches by specific document sets
- / Chat with documents using LLM + RAG integration
- / Retrieve full documents or targeted chunks
what it does
Connects MCP clients to Onyx knowledge bases for semantic document search and AI-powered Q&A using RAG (retrieval-augmented generation).
about
Onyx Knowledge Base is a community-built MCP server published by lupuletic that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Onyx Knowledge Base is knowledge base software with semantic search and chat, enabling teams to access and manage knowle It is categorized under ai ml.
how to install
You can install Onyx Knowledge Base in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
license
MIT
Onyx Knowledge Base is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
readme
README content is unavailable from source data for this server.
Open GitHub repositoryFAQ
- What is the Onyx Knowledge Base MCP server?
- Onyx Knowledge Base is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for Onyx Knowledge Base?
- This profile displays 10 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.5 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Ratings
4.5★★★★★10 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Oct 10, 2024
Onyx Knowledge Base is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
- ★★★★★Piyush G· Sep 9, 2024
We evaluated Onyx Knowledge Base against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Aug 8, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Onyx Knowledge Base is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Sakshi Patil· Jul 7, 2024
Onyx Knowledge Base reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Ganesh Mohane· Jun 6, 2024
I recommend Onyx Knowledge Base for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★Oshnikdeep· May 5, 2024
Strong directory entry: Onyx Knowledge Base surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Dhruvi Jain· Apr 4, 2024
Onyx Knowledge Base has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Mar 3, 2024
According to our notes, Onyx Knowledge Base benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Feb 2, 2024
We wired Onyx Knowledge Base into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Yash Thakker· Jan 1, 2024
Onyx Knowledge Base is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.