Obsidian Sync MCP
by es617
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOST | No | Bind address ('127.0.0.1' to restrict to localhost) | 0.0.0.0 |
| PORT | No | HTTP port | 8787 |
| BASE_URL | No | Public URL (for OAuth callbacks when using a tunnel) | http://localhost:PORT |
| DATA_DIR | No | Directory for persisted data (metadata index, auth tokens) | ~/.obsidian-mcp |
| LOG_LEVEL | No | Set to 'debug' for verbose logging (library logs, change feed, index sync) | |
| VAULT_NAME | No | Vault name (used for deep links and index storage) | MyVault |
| VAULT_PATH | No | Path to your Obsidian vault directory (required for filesystem mode) | |
| COUCHDB_URL | No | CouchDB server URL (required for CouchDB mode) | |
| COUCHDB_USER | No | CouchDB username | admin |
| MCP_AUTH_TOKEN | No | Password for authentication | |
| COUCHDB_DATABASE | No | CouchDB database name | obsidian |
| COUCHDB_PASSWORD | No | CouchDB password (required for CouchDB mode) | |
| MCP_REFRESH_DAYS | No | Days before auth session expires | 14 |
| COUCHDB_PASSPHRASE | No | LiveSync E2E encryption passphrase (must match plugin setting) | |
| COUCHDB_OBFUSCATE_PROPERTIES | No | Set to 'true' if 'Obfuscate Properties' is enabled in LiveSync (obfuscates file paths, sizes, dates in the database) | false |
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
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Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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