rps321321/obsidian-mcp-pro

Overview

An MCP server providing 23 tools and 3 resources for interacting with Obsidian vaults, including search, read, write, tag management, link analysis, graph traversal, and canvas operations. It is the most feature-complete MCP server for Obsidian and also ships as an Obsidian plugin.

Best for

Best for
Developers building automated workflows for personal knowledge management in Obsidian

Use cases

• Automating vault-wide tag updates and link audits
• Building AI tools that read and write notes programmatically
• Extracting relationship graphs and canvas data for analysis

How to use

Install

npx -y obsidian-mcp-pro install

Tools exposed

• OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH
• OBSIDIAN_VAULT_NAME
• OBSIDIAN_READ_PATHS
• OBSIDIAN_WRITE_PATHS
• OBSIDIAN_CACHE_DISABLED
• OBSIDIAN_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER
• OBSIDIAN_EMBEDDING_MODEL
• OBSIDIAN_EMBEDDING_URL
• OBSIDIAN_EMBEDDING_API_KEY
• OPENAI_API_KEY
• MCP_HTTP_TOKEN
• LOG_LEVEL
• LOG_FORMAT
• search_notes
• get_note
• list_notes
• get_daily_note
• search_by_frontmatter
• get_recent_notes
• get_vault_stats

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT

Notes

An MCP server providing 23 tools and 3 resources for interacting with Obsidian vaults, including search, read, write, tag management, link analysis, graph traversal, and canvas operations. It is the most feature-complete MCP server for Obsidian and also ships as an Obsidian plugin.

16 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-18. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Automating vault-wide tag updates and link audits
• Building AI tools that read and write notes programmatically
• Extracting relationship graphs and canvas data for analysis

Pros

• Feature-rich with 23 tools covering most vault operations
• Dual distribution as MCP server and Obsidian plugin
• TypeScript codebase with straightforward extension points

Cons

• Small community with only 16 GitHub stars indicates early adoption
• No listed documentation beyond README for plugin integration
• Potential instability as a young project with limited feedback

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