obsidian-mcp-server
local MCP serverInstallation
Terminal
claude mcp add obsidian-mcp-server -e OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=... -e OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL=... -e OBSIDIAN_VERIFY_SSL=... -e OBSIDIAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS=... -e OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_COMMANDS=... -e OBSIDIAN_READ_PATHS=... -e OBSIDIAN_WRITE_PATHS=... -e OBSIDIAN_READ_ONLY=... -e OBSIDIAN_OMNISEARCH_URL=... -e MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- npx -y obsidian-mcp-server
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"obsidian-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "...",
"OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL": "...",
"OBSIDIAN_VERIFY_SSL": "...",
"OBSIDIAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "...",
"OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_COMMANDS": "...",
"OBSIDIAN_READ_PATHS": "...",
"OBSIDIAN_WRITE_PATHS": "...",
"OBSIDIAN_READ_ONLY": "...",
"OBSIDIAN_OMNISEARCH_URL": "...",
"MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
Summary
Read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian notes, tags, and frontmatter via MCP.
Questions
obsidian-mcp-server is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package obsidian-mcp-server.
Run: claude mcp add obsidian-mcp-server -e OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=... -e OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL=... -e OBSIDIAN_VERIFY_SSL=... -e OBSIDIAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS=... -e OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_COMMANDS=... -e OBSIDIAN_READ_PATHS=... -e OBSIDIAN_WRITE_PATHS=... -e OBSIDIAN_READ_ONLY=... -e OBSIDIAN_OMNISEARCH_URL=... -e MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- npx -y obsidian-mcp-server
Run: codex mcp add obsidian-mcp-server --env OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=... --env OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL=... --env OBSIDIAN_VERIFY_SSL=... --env OBSIDIAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS=... --env OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_COMMANDS=... --env OBSIDIAN_READ_PATHS=... --env OBSIDIAN_WRITE_PATHS=... --env OBSIDIAN_READ_ONLY=... --env OBSIDIAN_OMNISEARCH_URL=... --env MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- npx -y obsidian-mcp-server
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