MCP Servers
Obsidian MCP Server
by MarkusSagen (community)
MCP server for Obsidian vaults. Read, write, and search notes so your agent works inside your second brain.
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About Obsidian MCP Server
Obsidian MCP Server connects any MCP-compatible agent to a local Obsidian vault. Agents can read notes, create and update files, search by tag or keyword, and navigate the graph — turning your personal knowledge base into live context for any agent session. Built on the Obsidian Local REST API plugin, it runs entirely locally with no cloud dependency.
Best for
Knowledge workers and researchers who use Obsidian as their primary note store and want agents to read and write it
Use cases
- Pull relevant notes into an agent session as context before drafting
- Create and file meeting notes or research summaries directly from an agent
- Search the vault for prior decisions before starting a new project
- Sync agent-generated content back into the knowledge base automatically
Notes
Why it matters
Obsidian is where many builders and researchers keep their most valuable context. An MCP server here means agents stop working from scratch and start from your accumulated knowledge — meeting notes, research, decisions, all available in the same session.
How teams use it in production
Point the server at a specific vault folder rather than the root to keep context tight. Combine with a filesystem MCP for broader file operations, and use the search tool to pull only the most relevant notes before generating output.
What to watch
An official Obsidian MCP server is the natural next step as Obsidian expands its plugin ecosystem. Until then, this community server is the most-used path and works reliably with the Local REST API plugin.
Pros
- Fully local, no data leaves your machine
- Read and write access to the full vault
- Tag and keyword search surfaces relevant notes fast
- Works with any MCP client including Claude Desktop and Cursor
Cons
- Requires Obsidian Local REST API plugin to be running
- Community-maintained, not an official Obsidian product
- Large vaults can overwhelm context windows without careful scoping
- No graph traversal or backlink navigation yet
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Install
Add Obsidian MCP Server to your client
No install recipe yet. We write one for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and ChatGPT when the server is in the official MCP registry with a package or remote address we can use.
Until then, follow the project's own README.
Works with
What Obsidian MCP Server connects to
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| Obsidian MCP Server (MarkusMcNugen)Alternative to this | MCP server | Named in the listing | Not dated |
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