Obsidian

MCP server

MCP server that interacts with Obsidian via the Obsidian rest API community plugin

Made forCode quality
What you needAn MCP client that accepts server configuration
Sources checked2026-11-02

Project links

mcp.soGitHub

How to use it

  1. Open the listing page and read the server's documentation.
  2. Copy the configuration or command into your MCP client.
  3. Restart the client and try one of the server's tools.

Copy setup details

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MCP configuration 1

Copy into a client that accepts mcpServers JSON. Other clients may use a different configuration format.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<your_api_key_here>",
        "OBSIDIAN_HOST": "<your_obsidian_host>",
        "OBSIDIAN_PORT": "<your_obsidian_port>"
      }
    }
  }
}

MCP configuration 2

Copy into a client that accepts mcpServers JSON. Other clients may use a different configuration format.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<your_api_key_here>",
        "OBSIDIAN_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "OBSIDIAN_PORT": "27124"
      }
    }
  }
}

MCP configuration 3

Copy into a client that accepts mcpServers JSON. Other clients may use a different configuration format.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "compose",
        "-f",
        "<dir_to>/mcp-obsidian/docker-compose.yml",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-T",
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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