What is haypile?
haypile is a MCP server by BenyD that local hybrid semantic and keyword search over PDF, DOCX, PPTX, Markdown and HTML documents, with file and page citations and a bundled embedding model. It is listed under Browser & web and has 2 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | BenyD |
| Repository | BenyD/haypile |
| Popularity | 2 GitHub stars |
| Category | Browser & web |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #2,990 of 4,418 MCP servers; #245 in Browser & web |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-05 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Go |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is haypile safe to install?
haypile scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install haypile?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/BenyD/haypile
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add haypile -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http haypile <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs haypile for you:
Add the "haypile" MCP server from https://github.com/BenyD/haypile to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.