Obsidian Local REST API MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:460-462 (handler)

  MCP tool call handler for 'read_file' tool: extracts path argument and delegates execution to the ObsidianApiClient.readFile method.

  case "read_file":
    result = await this.client.readFile(args?.path as string);
    break;

• src/index.ts:290-300 (registration)

  Registration of the 'read_file' tool in the ListTools response, including name, description, and input schema definition.

  {
    name: "read_file",
    description: "Read content of a specific file from the vault",
    inputSchema: {
      type: "object",
      properties: {
        path: { type: "string", description: "Path to the file" },
      },
      required: ["path"],
    },
  },

• src/index.ts:112-114 (helper)

  Core helper method in ObsidianApiClient that performs the HTTP GET request to retrieve file content from the Obsidian REST API.

  async readFile(path: string) {
    return this.request(`/files/${encodeURIComponent(path)}`);
  }