Mcp Obsidian

Name: Mcp Obsidian
Author: MarkusPfundstein

by MarkusPfundstein

MCP server that interacts with Obsidian via the Obsidian rest API community plugin

4.0k 7 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 44d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

7 tools · ~578 tok

Grade B · 0.3% of 200K ctx

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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, http · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian": {
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_HOST": "<your_obsidian_host>",
        "OBSIDIAN_PORT": "<your_obsidian_port>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
      },
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What Mcp Obsidian does

MCP server to interact with Obsidian via the Local REST API community plugin.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mcp Obsidian safe to use?: Mcp Obsidian 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. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Mcp Obsidian?: Mcp Obsidian 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 can Mcp Obsidian do?: Mcp Obsidian provides 7 tools: list_files_in_vault, list_files_in_dir, get_file_contents, search, patch_content and 2 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Mcp Obsidian?: Mcp Obsidian is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Mcp Obsidian actively maintained?: Mcp Obsidian is recently maintained — last commit was 44 days ago. It has 3,984 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-obsidian": { "env": { "OBSIDIAN_HOST": "<your_obsidian_host>", "OBSIDIAN_PORT": "<your_obsidian_port>", "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>" }, "args": [ "mcp-obsidian" ], "command": "uvx" } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mcp Obsidian safe to use?

Mcp Obsidian 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. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Mcp Obsidian?

Mcp Obsidian 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 can Mcp Obsidian do?

Mcp Obsidian provides 7 tools: list_files_in_vault, list_files_in_dir, get_file_contents, search, patch_content and 2 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Mcp Obsidian?

Mcp Obsidian is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Mcp Obsidian actively maintained?

Mcp Obsidian is recently maintained — last commit was 44 days ago. It has 3,984 GitHub stars.