MCP Servers

mcp-obsidian

An MCP server that enables AI assistants to interact with Obsidian vaults by providing tools for note management, full-text search, and link analysis. It supports comprehensive file operations, frontmatter manipulation, and daily note creation while ensuring security through path validation.

README

mcp-obsidian

An MCP server that exposes your Obsidian vault to AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol.

Requirements

Python 3.12+
uv

Installation

git clone https://github.com/johnkang/mcp-obsidian
cd mcp-obsidian
uv sync

Usage

Set the OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH environment variable to the absolute path of your vault, then run the server:

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=/path/to/your/vault uv run mcp-obsidian

Claude Desktop Integration

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/mcp-obsidian", "mcp-obsidian"],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "/path/to/your/vault"
      }
    }
  }
}

The config file is located at:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Tools

File Operations

Tool	Description
`list_files(path="")`	List files and folders in the vault or a subdirectory
`read_note(path)`	Read the contents of a note
`write_note(path, content)`	Create or overwrite a note (parent dirs created automatically)
`append_to_note(path, content)`	Append content to the end of an existing note
`delete_note(path)`	Delete a note or folder
`move_note(src, dest)`	Move or rename a note within the vault

Search

Tool	Description
`search_notes(query)`	Case-insensitive full-text search across all `.md` files
`search_by_tag(tag)`	Find all notes containing a specific tag

Frontmatter

Tool	Description
`get_frontmatter(path)`	Read the YAML frontmatter of a note
`update_frontmatter(path, key, value)`	Set or update a frontmatter field (creates it if absent)

Links & Graph

Tool	Description
`get_backlinks(path)`	Find all notes that link to a given note via `[[wikilinks]]`
`get_outlinks(path)`	Extract all `[[wikilinks]]` from a note
`get_orphans()`	Find notes with no incoming or outgoing links

Daily Notes

Tool	Description
`get_daily_note(date_str="")`	Read the daily note for a date (defaults to today, format: `YYYY-MM-DD`)
`create_daily_note(date_str="")`	Create a daily note, using a daily template from `Templates/` if available

Utility

Tool	Description
`list_tags()`	List all tags in the vault with usage counts
`get_recent_notes(n=10)`	List the N most recently modified notes
`get_note_stats()`	Return vault statistics (note count, word count, tags, links)
`list_templates()`	List all templates in the vault's `Templates/` folder

Security

All file paths are validated to prevent path traversal attacks — no operation can escape the configured vault directory.

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