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Obsidian CLI MCP Server

by cks850711

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATHNoPath to the Obsidian CLI binaryobsidian
OBSIDIAN_RELAY_PORTNoRelay server port27182

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

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
obsidian_execA

Execute any official Obsidian CLI command and return its output.

This tool wraps the obsidian CLI binary installed on the host machine. Pass the sub-command and arguments as a single string (without the leading obsidian binary name).

Blocked commands (configurable): eval, restart, devtools, dev:cdp, dev:css, dev:debug, dev:dom, dev:mobile

Common examples: command="search query="meeting notes" limit=10" command="read file=MyNote" command="tasks todo" command="tags counts sort=count" command="create name=NewNote content="Hello world"" command="properties file=MyNote" command="backlinks file=MyNote" command="files folder=Projects ext=md" command="bookmarks" command="help search"

For a full list of commands, use: command="help"

Args:

  • command (string, required): The CLI sub-command and arguments

  • vault (string, optional): Target vault name

Returns: The raw stdout from the CLI. If the command fails, stderr and exit code are included.

obsidian_blocked_commandsA

Returns the list of Obsidian CLI commands that are blocked by this MCP server for safety reasons.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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