mcp-obsidian
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH | Yes | The absolute path to your Obsidian vault directory |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| list_filesA | List files and folders inside the vault (or a subdirectory of it). |
| read_noteB | Read the contents of a note in the vault. |
| write_noteA | Create or overwrite a note in the vault. |
| search_notesA | Full-text search across all markdown notes in the vault. |
| delete_noteB | Delete a note or folder from the vault. |
| move_noteB | Move or rename a note within the vault. |
| append_to_noteC | Append content to the end of an existing note. |
| get_frontmatterA | Parse and return the YAML frontmatter of a note as key-value pairs. |
| update_frontmatterB | Set or update a frontmatter field in a note. Creates frontmatter if absent. |
| get_backlinksA | Find all notes that link to the given note via [[wikilinks]]. |
| get_outlinksA | Extract all [[wikilinks]] from a note. |
| get_orphansA | Find notes with no incoming backlinks and no outgoing wikilinks. |
| get_daily_noteB | Read the daily note for a given date (defaults to today). |
| create_daily_noteB | Create a daily note for a given date, using a daily template if available. |
| list_tagsA | List all tags used across the vault with their usage counts. |
| search_by_tagB | Find all notes containing a specific tag. |
| get_recent_notesA | List the N most recently modified notes in the vault. |
| get_note_statsB | Return statistics about the vault: note count, word count, tag count, link count. |
| list_templatesA | List all available templates in the vault's Templates folder. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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