obsidian-vault-mcp
by crosbyh
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| TZ | No | Timezone used for daily-note and conversation dates | |
| HOST | No | Bind address (default 0.0.0.0) | 0.0.0.0 |
| PORT | No | Port (default 8000) | 8000 |
| MCP_PATH | No | Path (default /mcp) | /mcp |
| OBS_VAULT | No | Vault directory (default /vault) | /vault |
| READ_ONLY | No | true = read/search tools only | |
| OBS_CONFIG | No | Conventions YAML (default /config/vault.yml; optional) | /config/vault.yml |
| CONSENT_MODE | No | external (default), true, remember, false | external |
| FASTMCP_HOME | No | OAuth client-registration storage (default /data in Docker) | /data |
| MCP_BASE_URL | No | Public URL of this server (required with auth) | |
| OBS_BACKUP_DIR | No | Pre-modification backups (default /data/vault-backups; "" disables) | /data/vault-backups |
| OBS_SEARCH_MAX | No | Max search results (default 50) | 50 |
| GITHUB_CLIENT_ID | No | OAuth app client ID (required with auth) | |
| ALLOWED_GITHUB_USERS | No | Comma-separated GitHub logins allowed in (required with auth) | |
| GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET | No | OAuth app client secret (required with auth) | |
| ALLOWED_CLIENT_REDIRECT_URIS | No | Redirect-URI patterns clients may register (default: claude.ai callback + localhost) | claude.ai callback + localhost |
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
ActivityStale
ResponsivenessNo issues