Obsidian Mcp Server

Read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian vault notes, tags, and frontmatter via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

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Add to your client

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Claude Code — run this in your terminal:

claude mcp add obsidian-mcp-server --env OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY -- npx -y obsidian-mcp-server

Claude Desktop and other clients: paste this into the configuration file

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

After adding, fill in: OBSIDIAN_API_KEY

Built from the configuration example in the project's README. The buttons open the app on your computer, which asks you to confirm before anything is added.

Install

claude mcp add obsidian-mcp-server -e OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=your-api-key -- npx -y obsidian-mcp-server

git clone https://github.com/cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server.git

docker run --rm -e OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=your-key -p 3010:3010 ghcr.io/cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server:latest

Copied from the project's README. Read what it does before you run it.

README scanSafe

Nothing risky found in the commands its README asks you to run.

Needs an API key or tokenclaude mcp add obsidian-mcp-server -e OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=your-api-key -- npx -y obsidian-mcp-server

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Stars: 706
Forks: 109
Last updated: Nov 11, 2026
License: Apache-2.0
Language: TypeScript
Created: Jan 23, 2025
Open issues: 16
Quality score: A 73/100

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