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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
OBSIDIAN_MCP_CONFIGNoPath to the vault registry JSON file (overrides the default config/vaults.json).
OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOTNoRoot directory under which new vaults are created and registered vaults must reside to be listed (overrides the default set in .env).

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
list_vaultsA

List the explicitly registered Obsidian vaults available for selection.

get_vaultA

Get metadata for one registered vault by name.

register_vaultB

Register an existing Obsidian vault path for safe access.

create_vaultB

Create and register a new vault under the configured Obsidian vault parent directory.

unregister_vaultA

Remove a vault from the local registry without deleting its files.

list_directoryA

List Markdown files and safe child directories inside a registered vault directory.

create_directoryB

Create a directory inside a registered writable vault.

list_notesA

List Markdown notes in a registered vault, optionally below a directory.

search_notesA

Search registered-vault filenames, Markdown content, tags, and YAML frontmatter with bounded excerpts.

read_noteA

Read one Markdown note from a registered vault.

create_noteA

Create a Markdown note; it fails if the note exists unless overwrite is explicitly true.

update_noteA

Replace a Markdown note, optionally requiring an expected SHA-256 hash for concurrency safety.

append_noteA

Append content to an existing Markdown note without replacing it.

move_noteA

Move a Markdown note inside a registered vault, rejecting an existing destination by default.

delete_noteA

Move a Markdown note to the vault trash instead of permanently deleting it.

get_frontmatterB

Read YAML frontmatter properties from a Markdown note.

update_frontmatterA

Merge selected YAML frontmatter properties without replacing the note body.

list_tagsA

List tags found in note frontmatter and Markdown hashtag syntax.

list_backlinksA

List Markdown notes containing Obsidian wiki links to a target note.

append_daily_noteA

Create or append to the configured daily note without overwriting existing content.

get_project_contextA

Read the canonical project notes from a registered vault with bounded content and missing-note reporting.

get_project_activityB

Extract current project tasks, decisions, risks, changelog entries, and recent daily notes.

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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