Agent skill

Siyuan MCP Browse Read

by yangtaihong59 in yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus

MCP playbook for browsing and reading SiYuan notes. An agent skill from yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Siyuan MCP Browse Read

skills CLI
$ npx skills add yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus --skill siyuan-mcp-browse-read -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus siyuan-mcp-browse-read --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/siyuan-mcp/siyuan-mcp-browse-read .claude/skills/siyuan-mcp-browse-read && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
siyuan-mcp-browse-read
GitHub stars
116
Token cost
~684 tokens
SKILL.md length
251 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
30
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

MCP playbook for browsing and reading SiYuan notes. An agent skill from yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus.

  • Human-readable paths
  • SKILL.md covers Discovery workflow, Low-level reads and Path semantics
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Read-only discovery

What it does

Siyuan MCP Browse Read is an agent skill from yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus. MCP playbook for browsing and reading SiYuan notes. Use for notebooks, document trees, human-readable paths, IDs, storage paths, block content, and read-only discovery.

Its SKILL.md is about 680 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering MCP servers. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: 一个用于连接Agent与Siyuan的工具. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Human-readable paths
  • Read-only discovery

Example prompts

  • “/siyuan-mcp-browse-read”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d2ad534. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Siyuan MCP Browse Read loads about 684 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 251 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~684

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus at commit d2ad534, republished under its MIT licence (© yangtaihong59). 251 words, ~684 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/siyuan-mcp-browse-read/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
siyuan-mcp-browse-read
description
MCP playbook for browsing and reading SiYuan notes. Use for notebooks, document trees, human-readable paths, IDs, storage paths, block content, and read-only discovery.

Browse and Read SiYuan with MCP

Start with fs and human-readable paths. Drop to document or block actions only when IDs, storage paths, metadata, or block structure are required.

Discovery workflow

text
notebook(action="list")
text
fs(action="ls", path="/")
text
fs(action="tree", path="/Notebook/Folder", maxDepth=4)
text
fs(action="read", path="/Notebook/Folder/Doc", blockStart=0, blockLimit=50, tokenBudget=2000)

Use search-assisted discovery when the path is unknown:

text
fs(action="search", path="/Notebook", query="keyword", page=1, pageSize=20)
text
search(action="fulltext", query="keyword", page=1, pageSize=20)

Low-level reads

text
document(action="lookup", id="<doc-id>", include=["path","hpath","notebook"])
text
document(action="get_doc", id="<doc-id>", mode="markdown")
text
block(action="get_kramdown", id="<block-id>")

If the Markdown contains an assets/... image and the task depends on its visual content, a vision-capable client should read one relevant image directly:

text
file(action="read_image", id="<doc-id>", path="assets/question.png")

Provide either the document ID or its human-readable documentPath, never both. The server authorizes that document and verifies its direct image reference before returning an image content block. MCP clients receive the image directly; CLI default output shows metadata, while explicit --json retains the non-text block for scripts. Do not inline every image during ordinary document reads. Stored OCR is only a fallback when direct vision is unavailable.

Path semantics

ValueExampleTypical use
Workspace path/Notebook/Folder/Docfs actions
Notebook-local hpath/Folder/Docdocument create or lookup with notebook
Storage path/20260712123000-abc123.sylow-level rename, remove, or move

Never derive a storage path from a title. Resolve the document first and reuse the returned path. For fs.read and Markdown document.get_doc, treat hasNextWindow=true as incomplete data and continue with the returned nextWindow. For list and search results, continue with explicit page and pageSize values.

Discovery identifies candidates; it does not authorize a write. Before changing one result, reread it by stable ID or resolved path and record the exact target. If a read is incomplete, continue the bounded window or page sequence instead of deciding from a truncated response.

© yangtaihong59, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/siyuan-mcp/siyuan-mcp-browse-read of yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d2ad534

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Questions about Siyuan MCP Browse Read

What does Siyuan MCP Browse Read do?

MCP playbook for browsing and reading SiYuan notes. An agent skill from yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus. Siyuan MCP Browse Read is an agent skill from yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus. MCP playbook for browsing and reading SiYuan notes.

When should I use Siyuan MCP Browse Read?

Siyuan MCP Browse Read fits situations like: human-readable paths; read-only discovery.

How do I install Siyuan MCP Browse Read in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus --skill siyuan-mcp-browse-read -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/siyuan-mcp/siyuan-mcp-browse-read in yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus) into .claude/skills/siyuan-mcp-browse-read in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Siyuan MCP Browse Read in Codex?

Run `npx skills add yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus --skill siyuan-mcp-browse-read -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/siyuan-mcp/siyuan-mcp-browse-read in yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus) into .agents/skills/siyuan-mcp-browse-read in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Siyuan MCP Browse Read in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus --skill siyuan-mcp-browse-read -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/siyuan-mcp-browse-read, .gemini/skills/siyuan-mcp-browse-read, .github/skills/siyuan-mcp-browse-read and .opencode/skills/siyuan-mcp-browse-read in your project.

What does Siyuan MCP Browse Read need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Siyuan MCP Browse Read is instructions for the agent only.

Does Siyuan MCP Browse Read access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Siyuan MCP Browse Read safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Siyuan MCP Browse Read use?

Siyuan MCP Browse Read is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Siyuan MCP Browse Read use?

About 684 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Siyuan MCP Browse Read?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Siyuan MCP Browse Read: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), MCP Server Builder (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), MCP Integration for Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars) and Crush Configuration (charmbracelet/crush, 29k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Siyuan MCP Browse Read?

yangtaihong59 (a GitHub user) maintains it in yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus, which has 116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 30 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: yangtaihong59/siyuan-plugins-mcp-sisyphus on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.