Obsidian Mcp Server

Name: Obsidian Mcp Server
Author: cyanheads

by cyanheads

Obsidian Knowledge-Management MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI agents and development tools to interact with an Obsidian vault. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools for reading, writing, searching, and managing notes, tags, and frontmatter, acting as a bridge to the Obsidian Local REST API plugin.

611 14 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

Apache-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 17d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

14 tools · ~1.4k tok

Grade B · 0.7% 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, sse, http · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-mcp-server": {
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_FROM_OBSIDIAN_PLUGIN",
        "OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:27123",
        "OBSIDIAN_VERIFY_SSL": "false",
        "OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_CACHE": "true"
      },
      "args": [
        "obsidian-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx",
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

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What Obsidian Mcp Server does

Empower your AI agents and development tools with seamless Obsidian integration!

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Is Obsidian Mcp Server safe to use?: Obsidian Mcp Server 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 Apache-2.0.
How do I install Obsidian Mcp Server?: Obsidian Mcp Server 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 Obsidian Mcp Server do?: Obsidian Mcp Server provides 14 tools: obsidian_get_note, obsidian_list_notes, obsidian_list_tags, obsidian_list_commands, obsidian_search_notes and 9 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Obsidian Mcp Server?: Obsidian Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Obsidian Mcp Server actively maintained?: Obsidian Mcp Server is actively maintained — last commit was 17 days ago. It has 611 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "obsidian-mcp-server": { "env": { "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_FROM_OBSIDIAN_PLUGIN", "OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:27123", "OBSIDIAN_VERIFY_SSL": "false", "OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_CACHE": "true" }, "args": [ "obsidian-mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "disabled": false, "autoApprove": [] } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Obsidian Mcp Server safe to use?

Obsidian Mcp Server 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 Apache-2.0.

How do I install Obsidian Mcp Server?

Obsidian Mcp Server 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 Obsidian Mcp Server do?

Obsidian Mcp Server provides 14 tools: obsidian_get_note, obsidian_list_notes, obsidian_list_tags, obsidian_list_commands, obsidian_search_notes and 9 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Obsidian Mcp Server?

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

Is Obsidian Mcp Server actively maintained?

Obsidian Mcp Server is actively maintained — last commit was 17 days ago. It has 611 GitHub stars.