Obsidian Cli MCP Server

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Install Obsidian Cli MCP server

claude mcp add obsidian-cli -- npx -y mcp-obsidian-cli

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "obsidian-cli": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Configuration

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
OBSIDIAN_VAULT	—	—	Target vault name. If unset or unknown, the server prompts the caller on first tool use, listing the vaults Obsidian knows about.
OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH	—	—	Path to the obsidian-cli binary. Auto-discovered on macOS; set explicitly on Linux/Windows or if the binary is non-standard.
OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS	—	—	Per-command timeout in milliseconds.