Obsidianki MCP Server

MCP server for generating flashcards using obsidianki.

Prerequisites

• uv

• obsidianki installed and available in PATH, >= 0.7

Related MCP server: Anki MCP Server

Installation

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidianki-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["obsidianki-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Usage

The server provides one tool: generate_flashcards

Parameters

• notes (optional): List of note patterns to process

  • Examples: ["frontend/*"], ["docs/*.md:3"]

  • Supports glob patterns with optional sampling using :N suffix

• cards (optional): Number of flashcards to generate (recommend 3-6)

• query (optional): Query/topic for generating content from chat

• deck (optional): Deck name (defaults to your default deck)

• use_schema (optional): Use existing cards from deck to match format