Obsidian Mcp MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Obsidian, written in Go.

Local serverstdio

What is the Obsidian Mcp Server?

Obsidian Mcp is an MCP project maintained in the orvice/obsidian-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Obsidian, written in Go”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using obsidian-mcp. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL, OBSIDIAN_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Obsidian Mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-mcp": {
      "command": "obsidian-mcp",
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:27123",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OBSIDIAN_BASE_URLDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
OBSIDIAN_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation