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Obsidian MCP

StevenStavrakis/obsidian-mcp

A local Model Context Protocol server that lets MCP-compatible assistants safely read and modify explicitly configured Obsidian vaults.

Install

npm install -g obsidian-mcp@2

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-mcp@2",
        "serve",
        "--vault",
        "notes=/absolute/path/to/vault"
      ]
    }
  }
}
GitHub stars
261
Category
Note-Taking, Knowledge Management
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

About Obsidian MCP

Version 2 supports both MCP 2026-07-28 and 2025-era clients by default, and requires Node.js 22 or newer. It works directly with Markdown files, so Obsidian does not need to be open. Legacy protocol and v1 positional-path compatibility are deprecated and print exact migration instructions to stderr.

Tools (12)

  • obsidian_list_vaults

    List configured vault ids without exposing host paths.

  • obsidian_read_note

    Read a bounded page of a note and return its SHA-256 etag.

  • obsidian_create_note

    Atomically create a note without overwriting.

  • obsidian_edit_note

    Append, prepend, or replace exact note content.

  • obsidian_delete_note

    Move a note to MCP trash or permanently delete it with explicit confirmation.

  • obsidian_move_note

    Move or rename a note and update unambiguous backlinks transactionally.

  • obsidian_create_directory

    Transactionally create a directory inside a vault.

  • obsidian_search_vault

    Search content, filenames, or tags with bounded cursor pagination.

  • obsidian_add_tags

    Add tags to one or more notes atomically.

  • obsidian_remove_tags

    Remove exact, nested, or wildcard-selected tags atomically.

  • obsidian_rename_tag

    Rename a tag across the vault atomically.

  • obsidian_manage_tags

    Unified add/remove tag workflow using the same implementation.

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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