Obsidian MCP Server

Stablecommunication

★340 starsTypeScriptsmithery-ai

About

Overview

The Obsidian MCP Server provides tools for AI agents to interact with Obsidian markdown vaults. It supports reading and searching notes, creating and updating files, following wiki-links and backlinks, and working with Obsidian's tag and folder structure. Ideal for personal knowledge management and Zettelkasten workflows.

Capabilities

Tools & Capabilities

⚡search_notes

Search notes by content or filename

⚡read_note

Read the contents of a specific note

⚡create_note

Create a new note

⚡update_note

Update the contents of a note

⚡list_notes

List all notes in the vault or a folder

⚡get_backlinks

Get notes that link to a specific note

Setup

Installation

bash

Install

npx -y mcp-obsidian

Examples

Example Usage

javascript

Usage

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-obsidian"],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "/path/to/your/vault"
      }
    }
  }
}

Quick Info

Authorsmithery-ai

LanguageTypeScript

StatusStable

Stars★ 340

Last UpdatedFeb 12, 2026