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mcp-obsidian-cli

An MCP server that enables Claude Desktop to save chat notes directly into an Obsidian vault. It allows agents to capture conversations into specific templates or daily notes and augment chats by pulling existing vault content like backlinks, full-text search results, tags, and tasks back into the conversation context.

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mcp-obsidian-cli logo, by stonemattCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by stonematt
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What you can do with it

  • Save chat notes from Claude Desktop to an Obsidian vault
  • Pull backlinks and full-text search results from the vault into chat
  • Query tasks and list tags with counts
  • Read and append to daily notes

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 2.1.0
mcp-registry: io.github.stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli@2.1.0Source repository
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Packages and installation

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mcp-obsidian-cli 2.1.0

npm
mcp-obsidian-cli package definition
{
  "version": "2.1.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "mcp-obsidian-cli",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_VAULT",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Target vault name. If unset or unknown, the server prompts the caller on first tool use, listing the vaults Obsidian knows about."
    },
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "obsidian-cli",
      "description": "Path to the obsidian-cli binary. Auto-discovered on macOS; set explicitly on Linux/Windows or if the binary is non-standard."
    },
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "15000",
      "description": "Per-command timeout in milliseconds."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli@2.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT>",
        "OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli@2.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT>",
        "OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-obsidian-cli": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli@2.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT>",
        "OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli@2.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT>",
        "OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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