Obsidian Mcp Server

Overview

Obsidian Mcp Server enables AI assistants to read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian notes, tags, and frontmatter through the Model Context Protocol. Instead of copying content between applications, Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients can interact with your Obsidian vault directly as callable tools.

The server runs locally via the npm package obsidian-mcp-server, installed with npx -y obsidian-mcp-server. It communicates over stdio on your machine and requires the OBSIDIAN_API_KEY environment variable for authentication. The latest release is v3.5.0, published under the Apache-2.0 license with source code at cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server on GitHub, where it has earned 672 stars.

Obsidian Mcp Server is listed in the Productivity category on mcp.site and works with any MCP client including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Zed. If you maintain this server, claim this listing to verify ownership and keep information current.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian_mcp_server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<obsidian-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires OBSIDIAN_API_KEY