Kobsidian Mcp

Name: Kobsidian Mcp
Author: bezata

by bezatacommunityv0.2.1

Filesystem-first MCP server for Obsidian vaults that operates directly on vault files and provides multi-vault workspace selection. It also adds an LLM-Wiki layer for ingesting sources, maintaining indexes/logs, and linting vault content, with support for stdio and Streamable HTTP transports.

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

GitHub Repository Website

Install & configure

Prerequisites

required
Install Node.js
Required to run the published npm package via npx.
https://nodejs.org/
required
Provide an Obsidian vault path
You need an existing Obsidian vault and must know its absolute filesystem path. This is required for all usage.
optional
Optional: install and enable Obsidian Local REST API plugin
Needed only for REST-bridged tools such as workspace.*, commands.*, and live dataview.query*. After enabling the plugin, copy its API key for use as OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY.
obsidian://show-plugin?id=obsidian-local-rest-api
optional
Optional: trust the Local REST API plugin certificate
Only needed if you want to set OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS=true. The plugin uses a self-signed certificate by default.

Install in your client

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Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **Install Node.js** — Required to run the published npm package via npx. (https://nodejs.org/)
- **Provide an Obsidian vault path** — You need an existing Obsidian vault and must know its absolute filesystem path. This is required for all usage.

Optional prerequisites:
- Optional: install and enable Obsidian Local REST API plugin — Needed only for REST-bridged tools such as workspace.*, commands.*, and live dataview.query*. After enabling the plugin, copy its API key for use as OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY. (obsidian://show-plugin?id=obsidian-local-rest-api)
- Optional: trust the Local REST API plugin certificate — Only needed if you want to set OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS=true. The plugin uses a self-signed certificate by default.

Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `npx`
- args: ["-y","kobsidian-mcp"]
- required environment variables:
  - `OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH`: Absolute path to your Obsidian vault. Required everywhere. (example: `<absolute-path-to-your-vault>`)
- optional environment variables:
  - `OBSIDIAN_API_URL`: Base URL of the Obsidian Local REST API plugin. Used for workspace.*, commands.*, and live dataview.query* tools. (example: `<your-obsidian-api-url>`)
  - `OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS`: Whether to verify TLS for the Obsidian Local REST API connection. Defaults to false; set true only after trusting the plugin certificate. (example: `<true-or-false>`)
  - `OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY`: Bearer API key for the Obsidian Local REST API plugin. Required only if you want workspace.*, commands.*, or live dataview.query* tools. (example: `<your-obsidian-rest-api-key>`)

Note: README also documents a Streamable HTTP mode for development/source usage, but the simplest published install path for MCP clients is stdio via `npx -y kobsidian-mcp`. On Windows, some clients may need `cmd /c npx -y kobsidian-mcp`.

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Note: README also documents a Streamable HTTP mode for development/source usage, but the simplest published install path for MCP clients is stdio via `npx -y kobsidian-mcp`. On Windows, some clients may need `cmd /c npx -y kobsidian-mcp`.