kObsidian

io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp · v0.2.1

Filesystem-first MCP for Obsidian — an LLM-maintained wiki inspired by Karpathy's LLM Wiki.

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claude mcp add kobsidian-mcp -e OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH> -e OBSIDIAN_API_URL=<OBSIDIAN_API_URL> -e OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS=<OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS> -e OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY=<OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY> -- npx -y [email protected]

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kobsidian-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "<OBSIDIAN_API_URL>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "<OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "<OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kobsidian-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "<OBSIDIAN_API_URL>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "<OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "<OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "kobsidian-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "<OBSIDIAN_API_URL>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "<OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "<OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

Name	Description
`OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH` Required	Absolute path to the Obsidian vault this server should operate on.
`OBSIDIAN_API_URL` Optional	Base URL of the Obsidian Local REST API plugin. Only required for workspace.* / commands.* / live dataview.query* tools.
`OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS` Optional	Set to 'true' if you've trusted the Local REST API's self-signed certificate.
`OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Bearer key for the Obsidian Local REST API plugin (only needed for REST-bridged tools).

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (NPM, stdio)
First published	23 Apr 2026
Last updated	23 Apr 2026
Registry name	`io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp`

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