Obsidian MCP Server
by jamessturges
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP_PORT | No | Port the server listens on (loopback only). | 3001 |
| VAULT_ROOT | Yes | Absolute path to the vault folder. | |
| INBOX_FOLDER | No | Where new-note creation is confined to. | Inbox |
| DAILY_NOTE_FOLDER | No | Fallback folder for daily notes if .obsidian/daily-notes.json doesn't exist. | |
| DAILY_NOTE_FORMAT | No | Fallback format for daily notes if .obsidian/daily-notes.json doesn't exist. | |
| CAPTURE_EMBED_RAW_JSON | No | Whether to embed the raw capture payload as a JSON block in the Markdown. | false |
| CAPTURE_COLLISION_BEHAVIOR | No | What to do if a capture's generated filename already exists: suffix, overwrite, or error. | suffix |
| CAPTURE_WRITE_JSON_SIDECAR | No | Whether obsidian_capture_inbox also writes a .json sidecar next to the Markdown. | true |
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 |
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No resources | |
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