io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp

kobsidian-mcp

Filesystem-first MCP for Obsidian — an LLM-maintained wiki inspired by Karpathy's LLM Wiki.

5 70/wk GitHub npm

No known CVEs

No license

Actively maintained

Last commit 26d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kobsidian": {
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "https://127.0.0.1:27124",
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "/absolute/path/to/vault",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "only-if-you-use-workspace-or-commands-tools"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kobsidian-mcp"
      ],
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp does

Filesystem-first MCP server for Obsidian vaults — with an LLM-Wiki layer on top.

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Is io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp safe to use?: io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp?: io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp?: io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 26 days ago. It has 5 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "kobsidian": { "env": { "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "https://127.0.0.1:27124", "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "/absolute/path/to/vault", "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "only-if-you-use-workspace-or-commands-tools" }, "args": [ "-y", "kobsidian-mcp" ], "type": "stdio", "command": "npx" } } }

kObsidian MCP

Filesystem-first MCP server for Obsidian vaults — with an LLM-Wiki layer on top.

Inspired by Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki idea. You curate the sources; the LLM does the bookkeeping.

Why kObsidian

Filesystem-first. Operates on your vault directly. Obsidian doesn't need to be running for 55+ of the 66 tools.

66 typed MCP tools across vaults, notes, links, tags, tasks, Dataview, Canvas, Kanban, fenced blocks, Marp, Templates — every one Zod-validated with structuredContent output and the full 4-hint MCP annotation set (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint).

Multi-vault vault.* (v0.3.0). The LLM can vault.list your known Obsidian vaults (discovered from Obsidian's own registry or OBSIDIAN_VAULT_<NAME> env vars) and vault.select between them for the session. Fully backwards compatible: OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH stays the default and per-call vaultPath arguments always win.

LLM-Wiki orchestration — a wiki.* namespace that turns your vault into a compounding knowledge base: ingest sources, auto-update an index + greppable log, lint for orphans / broken links / stale pages. Agent applies cross-refs via a proposedEdits contract so every write is visible in the transcript.

Both transports. Classic stdio for lo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp safe to use?

io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp?

io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp?

io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp actively maintained?

io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 26 days ago. It has 5 GitHub stars.

kObsidian MCP

Filesystem-first MCP server for Obsidian vaults — with an LLM-Wiki layer on top.

Inspired by Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki idea. You curate the sources; the LLM does the bookkeeping.

Install · Quick start · Architecture · LLM Wiki · Tools · Docs

Docs: 简体中文 / 日本語 / 한국어

🧰 The only Obsidian MCP with workspaces. vault.list / vault.select let an LLM discover and switch between your Obsidian vaults in-session — no restart, no config edit, no per-tool path threading. Backwards compatible with OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH. Added in v0.3.0. See docs/WORKSPACES.md.

Why kObsidian

Filesystem-first. Operates on your vault directly. Obsidian doesn't need to be running for 55+ of the 66 tools.
66 typed MCP tools across vaults, notes, links, tags, tasks, Dataview, Canvas, Kanban, fenced blocks, Marp, Templates — every one Zod-validated with structuredContent output and the full 4-hint MCP annotation set (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint).
Multi-vault vault.* (v0.3.0). The LLM can vault.list your known Obsidian vaults (discovered from Obsidian's own registry or OBSIDIAN_VAULT_<NAME> env vars) and vault.select between them for the session. Fully backwards compatible: OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH stays the default and per-call vaultPath arguments always win.
LLM-Wiki orchestration — a wiki.* namespace that turns your vault into a compounding knowledge base: ingest sources, auto-update an index + greppable log, lint for orphans / broken links / stale pages. Agent applies cross-refs via a proposedEdits contract so every write is visible in the transcript.
Both transports. Classic stdio for lo

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