obsidian-mcp MCP Server

Obsidian MCP is a tool that allows you to interact with your Obsidian vault using the Model Context Protocol. This enables AI assistants to read, write, and manipulate notes in your Obsidian vault…

Local serverstdioISC

What is the obsidian-mcp Server?

obsidian-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the takuya0206/obsidian-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Obsidian MCP is a tool that allows you to interact with your Obsidian vault using the Model Context Protocol. This enables AI assistants to read…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. 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 apiKey, port, host. 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": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/Users/<Your Own Path>/obsisian-mcp/build/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "apiKey": "YOUR_apiKey",
        "port": "27123",
        "host": "127.0.0.1"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
apiKeyDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
portDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
hostDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation