Give your scripts, browser extensions, and AI agents a direct line into your Obsidian vault via a secure, authenticated REST API.
Local REST API is an MCP project maintained in the coddingtonbear/obsidian-local-rest-api repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Give your scripts, browser extensions, and AI agents a direct line into your Obsidian vault via a secure, authenticated REST API”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The maintainer’s configuration uses https://127.0.0.1:27124/mcp/. It declares streamable-http transport. Check the project’s account and authentication instructions when adding the endpoint to your client.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| vault_list | List files and subdirectories inside a vault directory |
| vault_read | Read a text file's content, frontmatter, tags, and stat; refuses anything that is not valid UTF-8 |
| vault_read_binary | Read an attachment: images as an image block the model can see, anything else as a download link or embedded bytes |
| vault_get_download_url | Mint a signed, expiring link to a file that works without the API key (only when signed URLs are enabled) |
| vault_get_upload_url | Mint a signed, single-use link for uploading a file over PUT (only when signed URLs are enabled) |
| events_get_listener_url | Subscribe to an Obsidian event and mint a signed link to its Server-Sent Events stream (only when signed URLs are enabled) |
| vault_write | Create or overwrite a text file; refuses paths whose extension names a binary type |
| vault_append | Append content to the end of a vault file |
| vault_patch | Patch a specific heading, block reference, or frontmatter field |
| vault_delete | Delete a vault file (moves to trash by default) |
| vault_move | Move (rename) a vault file to a new path |
| vault_copy | Copy a vault file to a new path |
| vault_get_document_map | List the headings, block references, and frontmatter fields in a file |
| active_file_get_path | Return the vault path of the file currently open in Obsidian |
| search_query | Search using a JsonLogic query against note metadata |
| search_simple | Full-text search using Obsidian's built-in search |
| tag_list | List all tags across the vault with usage counts |
| command_list | List all registered Obsidian commands |
| command_execute | Execute an Obsidian command by ID |
| open_file | Open a file in the Obsidian UI |
| addMcpResource | { name, uri, read }) adds a resource at a fixed URI. |
| addMcpResourceTemplate | { name, uriTemplate, read, list? }) adds a family of resources addressed by an RFC 6570 template such as tandem://comments/{path}. read gets the matched… |
| addMcpPrompt | { name, argsSchema?, callback }) adds a prompt. MCP passes prompt arguments as strings. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://127.0.0.1:27124/mcp/",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "YOUR_AUTHORIZATION"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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