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 |
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
ActivityInactive
ResponsivenessNo issues