Search, navigate, and extract content from local markdown files. Full-text search, section extraction, heading navigation, code block discovery, and frontmatter parsing.
Mcp Server Markdown is an MCP project maintained in the ofershap/mcp-server-markdown repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Search, navigate, and extract content from local markdown files. Full-text search, section extraction, heading navigation, code block discovery, and frontmatter parsing”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented npm package is mcp-server-markdown. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_files | List all .md files in a directory recursively (sorted alphabetically) |
| search_docs | Full-text search across all .md files (case-insensitive, up to 50 results) |
| get_section | Extract a section by heading until the next heading of same/higher level |
| list_headings | List all headings as a table of contents |
| find_code_blocks | Find fenced code blocks, optionally filter by language (e.g. typescript) |
| get_frontmatter | Parse YAML frontmatter metadata at the start of a file |
{
"mcpServers": {
"markdown": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-server-markdown"
]
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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