Obsidian Vault MCP Server
by JonHollander
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP_AUTH_TOKEN | Yes | Auth token for the MCP server. Supports both Authorization: Bearer headers and ?token= query params. | |
| VAULT_PASSWORD | No | The separate end-to-end encryption password set in Obsidian → Sync → Encryption. Leave empty if your vault doesn't use E2EE. | |
| OBSIDIAN_PASSWORD | Yes | Your Obsidian account password (used to log in at obsidian.md) |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityInactive
ResponsivenessNo issues