obsidian-mcp-server

by cyanheads · TypeScript · ★ 480

MCP server for Obsidian vaults — read, write, search, and surgically edit notes, tags, and frontmatter via the Local REST API plugin.

#ai-tools#knowledge-base#llm#llm-agent#mcp#model-context-protocol#note-taking#obsidian#typescript

Install

npx -y github:cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server

Claude Desktop config

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github:cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the README

obsidian-mcp-server MCP server for Obsidian vaults — read, write, search, and surgically edit notes, tags, and frontmatter via the Local REST API plugin. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 14 Tools • 3 Resources [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/obsidian-mcp-server) [](./CHANGELOG.md) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core) [](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) [](./LICENSE) [](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) [](https://bun.sh/) -------|:------------| | | Read a note as raw content, full structured form (content + frontmatter + tags + stat), structural document map, or a sing…

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