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Optimike Obsidian MCP

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
MCP_AUTH_MODENoAuthentication mode: none, jwt, oauth (default none for local).
MCP_HTTP_HOSTNoHTTP server host (default 127.0.0.1).
MCP_HTTP_PORTNoHTTP server port (default 3010).
SMART_ENV_DIRNoPath to the .smart-env directory for semantic search.
MCP_WRITE_MODENoWrite safety: readonly, guarded, full (default full).
OBSIDIAN_VAULTNoPath to the Obsidian vault. Falls back to parent of .smart-env directory or project root.
OPENAI_API_KEYNoAPI key for OpenAI embeddings.
QUERY_EMBEDDERNoEmbedding provider: auto, ollama, openai, xenova (default auto).
OLLAMA_BASE_URLNoBase URL for Ollama (default http://127.0.0.1:11434).
OBSIDIAN_API_KEYNoAPI key for Obsidian Local REST API plugin (required for live mode).
OBSIDIAN_BASE_URLNoBase URL for Obsidian Local REST API (default http://127.0.0.1:27123).
MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINSNoAllowed CORS origins (default narrow for localhost).
QUERY_EMBEDDER_MODELNoModel name for embedding (e.g., text-embedding-3-small).
OBSIDIAN_CACHE_SOURCENoCache refresh source: auto, filesystem, rest (default auto).
OBSIDIAN_RUNTIME_MODENoRuntime mode: live, hybrid, headless-readonly, headless-guarded, headless-filesystem (default live).
ENABLE_QUERY_EMBEDDINGNoEnable query embedding for semantic search (default 'true').
SEMANTIC_SEARCH_PREWARMNoDisable startup prewarm of semantic search (default 'true').
OBSIDIAN_STARTUP_BLOCKINGNoBlock startup until health check passes (default 'true').
MCP_PROXY_START_TIMEOUT_MSNoTimeout for proxy startup in ms (default 20000).
OBSIDIAN_CACHE_CONCURRENCYNoConcurrency for filesystem cache refresh.
MCP_GUARDED_MAX_WRITE_CHARSNoMax characters allowed in guarded mode writes.
OPENAI_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONSNoDimensions for OpenAI embeddings (e.g., 1024).
OBSIDIAN_STARTUP_MAX_RETRIESNoMax retries for startup health check.
OBSIDIAN_SHARED_CACHE_DB_PATHNoPath to shared SQLite cache (default <vault>/.obsidian/optimike-mcp/shared-cache.sqlite).
OBSIDIAN_STARTUP_RETRY_DELAY_MSNoDelay between startup retries in ms.
OBSIDIAN_VAULT_EXCLUDE_PATTERNSNoComma- or newline-separated gitignore-style exclusion patterns.
MCP_GUARDED_MAX_BATCH_OPERATIONSNoMax batch operations allowed in guarded mode.
OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_HOT_CACHE_LIMITNoBounded in-memory hot set limit (default 64? example shows '64').

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