Obsidian

Servidor MCP de Markus Pfundstein

Read, search and edit notes in an Obsidian vault through the Local REST API plugin.

Se ejecuta en local (Se ejecuta en tu equipo: su página tiene el comando de instalación)Se ejecuta con uvxRequiere clave API

Instalar Obsidian

Se ejecuta en tu equipo. Tu cliente lo inicia con este comando:

uvx mcp-obsidian

Requiere uv (Python) en tu equipo. Los pasos de configuración de abajo muestran dónde va el comando en cada cliente.

  • OBSIDIAN_API_KEY secreto API key of the Obsidian Local REST API plugin.

Compartir este servidor

Abre esta página, con el comando de instalación y los pasos de configuración.

mcp.tc/i/obsidian

Descripción

Connects an assistant to an Obsidian vault through the Obsidian Local REST API community plugin. It can list files and folders, read note contents, search across the vault, append or patch content in notes, and delete files.

Runs locally over stdio with uvx mcp-obsidian and needs Python 3.11 or newer. The Local REST API plugin must be installed and enabled in Obsidian, and the server needs the plugin's API key in OBSIDIAN_API_KEY. Host and port are optional and default to 127.0.0.1 and 27124.

Qué puedes hacer

  • List files and directories in the vault
  • Read the contents of a note
  • Search for text across all vault files
  • Append content to new or existing notes
  • Insert content relative to a heading, block or frontmatter field
  • Delete files or directories from the vault

Herramientas

Obsidian solo muestra sus herramientas a clientes con clave, así que no podemos listarlas aquí.

Prompts de ejemplo

  • Get the contents of my last architecture call note and summarize it

  • Search my vault for notes that mention Azure CosmosDB

  • Summarize the last meeting notes into a new note called summary meeting.md

  • Append a to-do list to my project plan note

Configuración

Todos los clientes inician Obsidian en tu equipo con el mismo comando. Elige el tuyo; la página recuerda tu elección.

Claude Code

  1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:
claude mcp add --transport stdio obsidian --env "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>" -- uvx mcp-obsidian
  1. Start Claude Code and type /mcp. obsidian should show as connected.

Add --scope user to make it available in every project. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

Claude Desktop

  1. Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config. It opens claude_desktop_config.json. Add:
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
  1. Save the file and restart Claude Desktop. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

Needs uv (Python) on your computer. The file lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ on macOS and %APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows.

Cursor

Or add it by hand to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project):

mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Needs uv (Python) on your computer. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

VS Code

Add it to .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code asks for the secret the first time and stores it securely:

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "${input:obsidian-api-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-api-key",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

Devin Desktop

  1. Add it to ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (macOS and Linux) or %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json (Windows):
mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
  1. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf.

Codex

codex mcp add obsidian --env "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>" -- uvx mcp-obsidian

Or edit ~/.codex/config.toml directly:

config.toml
[mcp_servers.obsidian]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-obsidian"]
env = { OBSIDIAN_API_KEY = "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>" }

Needs uv (Python) on your computer. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add -e "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>" obsidian uvx mcp-obsidian

This adds it to the current project. Add -s user to use it everywhere.

Any client

Most clients that start local servers accept this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Zed puts servers under context_servers in its settings, with the same command, args and env fields.

Needs uv (Python) on your computer. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

Preguntas frecuentes

Can I paste mcp.tc/i/obsidian into my MCP client?

No. Obsidian runs on your own computer, started by your client, so it has no web address to connect to. The quick link is the page to share; the install command is uvx mcp-obsidian.

Does Obsidian need an API key?

Yes. It reads OBSIDIAN_API_KEY from its environment, and OBSIDIAN_API_KEY is a secret. Put the value in your client’s config on your own machine, never in a shared file.

Is Obsidian a remote or a local server?

Local. Your client starts it as a process on your computer with uvx mcp-obsidian, which needs uv (Python).

What can Obsidian do?

You can list files and directories in the vault, read the contents of a note y search for text across all vault files.

Which clients can use it?

Any client that starts local servers: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Zed and others. claude.ai and ChatGPT only connect to remote servers.

Who wrote this page?

mcp.tc’s robot read Obsidian’s public metadata (its package and repository pages), and an AI model drafted the text from it. A person reviews anything the checks can’t confirm. The text can still be wrong, so if you spot a mistake, use Report this listing on this page.

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