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Obsidian MCP Server

by justice8096

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATHNoThe vault location. If unset, it defaults to ~/Obsidian.~/Obsidian

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

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
obsidian_read_noteA

Read the full markdown content of a note in the vault. Path is relative to the vault root; the .md extension is optional. Read-only.

obsidian_write_noteA

Create a new note or overwrite an existing one. Refuses to overwrite unless overwrite=true. Parent folders are created automatically.

obsidian_append_to_noteA

Append markdown to the end of a note, creating it if it does not exist. A newline is inserted before appended content when the note already has content.

obsidian_list_notesA

List markdown notes in the vault, optionally scoped to a folder. Hidden folders (.obsidian, .git) are skipped. Read-only.

obsidian_search_vaultA

Case-insensitive full-text search across note bodies. Returns matching file path, line number, and the matching line. Read-only.

obsidian_read_frontmatterA

Parse and return the YAML frontmatter of a note as structured data, plus a short body preview. Read-only.

obsidian_resolve_wikilinksA

Extract [[wikilinks]] from a note and resolve each to an actual vault file by basename. Handles [[Note|alias]] and [[Note#heading]]. Unresolved links return target=null. Read-only.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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