kObsidian MCP Server

Name: kObsidian MCP Server
Author: io.github.bezata

io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp

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What is the kObsidian MCP server?

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

How to install kObsidian

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

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

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kobsidian-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kobsidian-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_URL>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kobsidian-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kobsidian-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_URL>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kobsidian-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kobsidian-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_URL>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add kobsidian-mcp --env OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH> --env OBSIDIAN_API_URL=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_URL> --env OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS> --env OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY> -- npx -y kobsidian-mcp