MCP server for Obsidian
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBSIDIAN_API_KEY | Yes | Your API key for the Obsidian REST API. This key can be found in the Obsidian plugin config. |
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 |
|---|---|
| obsidian_list_files_in_dirA | Lists all files and directories that exist in a specific Obsidian directory. |
| obsidian_list_files_in_vaultA | Lists all files and directories in the root directory of your Obsidian vault. |
| obsidian_get_file_contentsC | Return the content of a single file in your vault. |
| obsidian_simple_searchB | Simple search for documents matching a specified text query across all files in the vault. Use this tool when you want to do a simple text search |
| obsidian_patch_contentA | Insert content into an existing note relative to a heading, block reference, or frontmatter field. |
| obsidian_append_contentC | Append content to a new or existing file in the vault. |
| obsidian_put_contentC | Create a new file in your vault or update the content of an existing one in your vault. |
| obsidian_delete_fileC | Delete a file or directory from the vault. |
| obsidian_complex_searchA | Complex search for documents using a JsonLogic query. Supports standard JsonLogic operators plus 'glob' and 'regexp' for pattern matching. Results must be non-falsy. |
| obsidian_batch_get_file_contentsA | Return the contents of multiple files in your vault, concatenated with headers. |
| obsidian_get_periodic_noteB | Get current periodic note for the specified period. |
| obsidian_get_recent_periodic_notesC | Get most recent periodic notes for the specified period type. |
| obsidian_get_recent_changesB | Get recently modified files in the vault. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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