# hippobox

> hippobox — hippobox-hippobox. Use this tool when you need to manage a personal knowledge base with advanced search capabilities and integration with other clients. HippoBox provides CRUD operations, semantic search, and MCP tool integration, solving problems of knowledge organization and retrieval. It accepts knowledge entries as input and outputs searchable, structured data, ideal for use in applications like Claude Desktop or other MCP-compatible clients.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/hippobox-hippobox  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hippobox-hippobox

## Description

HippoBox is a unified FastAPI + FastAPIMcp for managing a personal knowledge base. It provides CRUD operations for knowledge entries, semantic search powered by embeddings, and MCP tool integration for use in Claude Desktop or other MCP-compatible clients.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **License:** MIT
- **Updated:** 2026-09-20

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/HippoBox/hippobox)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "hippobox-hippobox"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hippobox-hippobox` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hippobox-hippobox/pull`

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