Read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian vault notes, tags, and frontmatter via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.
obsidian-mcp-server source profile. From the maintainer documentation: “Read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian vault notes, tags, and frontmatter via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.”
The project provides a local client configuration using bunx. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL, OBSIDIAN_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
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 |
|---|---|
| obsidian_get_note | Read a note as raw content, full structured form, document map, or a single section |
| obsidian_list_notes | List notes and folders under a vault path, recursively, with extension and name filters |
| obsidian_list_tags | List vault tags with usage counts, most-used first |
| obsidian_search_notes | Search by text, JSONLogic, or BM25-ranked Omnisearch when that plugin is reachable |
| obsidian_write_note | Create a note, replace one section, or overwrite a whole file with overwrite: true |
| obsidian_append_to_note | Append to a note (creating it if missing) or to one heading, block, or frontmatter field |
| obsidian_patch_note | Append, prepend, or replace against one heading, block reference, or frontmatter field |
| obsidian_replace_in_note | Literal or regex search-replace inside one note, body-only by default |
| obsidian_manage_frontmatter | Get, set, or delete one frontmatter key |
| obsidian_manage_tags | Add, remove, or list a note's tags in frontmatter, inline, or both |
| obsidian_delete_note | Permanently delete a note, optionally after the user confirms (OBSIDIAN_DELETE_ELICITATION) |
| obsidian_open_in_ui | Open a file in the Obsidian app, optionally in a new pane |
| obsidian_list_commands | List command-palette commands (opt-in via OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_COMMANDS) |
| obsidian_execute_command | Run a command-palette command by ID (opt-in via OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_COMMANDS) |
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "bunx",
"args": [
"obsidian-mcp-server@latest"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
"MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| OBSIDIAN_API_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Yes |
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