Exposes Obsidian vaults to AI assistants through a local REST API using the Model Context Protocol.
Exposes Obsidian vaults to AI assistants through a local REST API using the Model Context Protocol. That is what the obsidian rest mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementation that provides access to Obsidian vaults through a local REST API. This server allows AI assistants to interact with Obsidian notes and manage vault content through a standardized interface.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at PublikPrinciple/obsidian-mcp-rest on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
The server publishes 5 tools. What each one is for:
listNotes — List all notes in the vault or a specific folderreadNote — Read the contents of a specific notewriteNote — Create or update a notesearchNotes — Search for notes using a query stringgetMetadata — Get metadata for a specific notePlenty of planning and project tracking servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Obsidian Rest's toolset — listNotes, readNote, writeNote and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by PublikPrinciple; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| listNotes | List all notes in the vault or a specific folder |
| readNote | Read the contents of a specific note |
| writeNote | Create or update a note |
| searchNotes | Search for notes using a query string |
| getMetadata | Get metadata for a specific note |
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-rest": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "PublikPrinciple/obsidian-mcp-rest"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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