Obsidian MCP

Give Claude Desktop access to your Obsidian vault. No plugins required.

Install the extension, and Claude can read your notes, search them, and create new ones.

Installation

Option 1: mcpb bundle (recommended)

Download obsidian-mcp.mcpb from releases and open it with Claude Desktop.

Option 2: uvx

uvx mcp-obsidian-vault

Option 3: Manual config

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

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

Tools

How It Works

No plugins required — we use Obsidian's native interfaces:

Status

Security

This MCP is designed with minimal access:

• No network calls — Nothing leaves your machine
• No files outside vaults — Only accesses your Obsidian notes
• No credentials — Never touches passwords or tokens
• Open source — Audit the code yourself

See SECURITY.md for full details, or visit the Security page on our website.

Documentation

Contributing

Check the issues if you want to help.

License

MIT