Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP

Obsidian Hybrid Search provides an MCP server that allows AI agents to search and read notes from Obsidian vaults. It combines semantic search, BM25 full-text, fuzzy matching, and graph retrieval to help agents pull cited context, follow related material, and work with trusted personal knowledge.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by flowing-abyss

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Popularity 117 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

Search Obsidian vaults using hybrid retrieval methods
Read specific notes as tool calls for AI agents
Pull cited context from source files
Follow related material via graph views

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.17.2MIT

mcp-registry: io.github.flowing-abyss/obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.2 Source repository Project website

Last repository push: Nov 2, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC
Latest release: v0.17.2
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

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obsidian-hybrid-search 0.17.2

npm

obsidian-hybrid-search package definition

{
  "version": "0.17.2",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "obsidian-hybrid-search",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "mcp"
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH",
      "format": "filepath",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Absolute path to the Obsidian vault to index and search."
    },
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_PREFIX",
      "description": "Optional prefix for MCP tool names when configuring multiple vaults."
    },
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS",
      "default": ".obsidian/**,templates/**,*.canvas",
      "description": "Comma-separated glob patterns to exclude from indexing."
    },
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE",
      "default": "true",
      "description": "Read applicable .gitignore files and repository info/exclude rules when indexing; set to false, 0, or no to disable both."
    },
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS",
      "description": "Comma-separated patterns to re-include notes ignored only by Git ignore rules."
    },
    {
      "name": "OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS",
      "description": "Comma-separated regex rules for note body text to leave out of search, e.g. /%%[\\s\\S]*?%%/g. Original files and read stay unchanged."
    },
    {
      "name": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional API key for OpenAI-compatible remote embeddings; omit to use local embeddings."
    },
    {
      "name": "OPENAI_BASE_URL",
      "default": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
      "description": "Optional OpenAI-compatible API base URL for OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, or similar providers."
    },
    {
      "name": "OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL",
      "default": "text-embedding-3-small",
      "description": "Remote embedding model name when using an OpenAI-compatible API."
    },
    {
      "name": "LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL",
      "default": "Xenova/multilingual-e5-small",
      "description": "Local embedding model used when no remote embedding API is configured."
    },
    {
      "name": "RERANKER_MODEL",
      "default": "onnx-community/gte-multilingual-reranker-base",
      "description": "Optional ONNX cross-encoder reranker model used when reranking is requested."
    }
  ]
}

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Nov 2, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
Nov 2, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.2",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_PREFIX": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_PREFIX>",
        "OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE>",
        "OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_BASE_URL>",
        "OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL>",
        "LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL>",
        "RERANKER_MODEL": "<YOUR_RERANKER_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.2",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_PREFIX": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_PREFIX>",
        "OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE>",
        "OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_BASE_URL>",
        "OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL>",
        "LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL>",
        "RERANKER_MODEL": "<YOUR_RERANKER_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.2",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_PREFIX": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_PREFIX>",
        "OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE>",
        "OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_BASE_URL>",
        "OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL>",
        "LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL>",
        "RERANKER_MODEL": "<YOUR_RERANKER_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.2",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_PREFIX": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_PREFIX>",
        "OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE>",
        "OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS>",
        "OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_BASE_URL>",
        "OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL>",
        "LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL>",
        "RERANKER_MODEL": "<YOUR_RERANKER_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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