io.github.afable702/vault-mcp-tools
Quality Score
85
/100
Complete Obsidian vault MCP server. 35 tools: notes, search, graph, tags, canvas.
§01 Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"vault-mcp-tools": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vault-mcp-tools"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<obsidian_vault_path>",
"OBSIDIAN_REST_TOKEN": "<your-obsidian_rest_token>",
"OBSIDIAN_REST_PORT": "<obsidian_rest_port>",
"OBSIDIAN_TRANSPORT": "<obsidian_transport>",
"OBSIDIAN_HTTP_PORT": "<obsidian_http_port>",
"OBSIDIAN_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN": "<your-obsidian_http_auth_token>"
}
}
}
}Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"vault-mcp-tools": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vault-mcp-tools"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<obsidian_vault_path>",
"OBSIDIAN_REST_TOKEN": "<your-obsidian_rest_token>",
"OBSIDIAN_REST_PORT": "<obsidian_rest_port>",
"OBSIDIAN_TRANSPORT": "<obsidian_transport>",
"OBSIDIAN_HTTP_PORT": "<obsidian_http_port>",
"OBSIDIAN_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN": "<your-obsidian_http_auth_token>"
}
}
}
}Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y vault-mcp-tools§02 Environment variables
OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATHrequired
Absolute path to the Obsidian vault root directory
OBSIDIAN_REST_TOKENsecret
Bearer token for the Obsidian REST API (enables 3 bonus tools: execute_command, list_commands, open_in_obsidian)
OBSIDIAN_REST_PORTREST API port (default: 27124)
OBSIDIAN_TRANSPORTTransport mode: stdio (default) or http
OBSIDIAN_HTTP_PORTHTTP transport port (default: 3000)
OBSIDIAN_HTTP_AUTH_TOKENsecret
Bearer token for HTTP transport authentication
§03 MCP Quality Score · methodology
freshness
25
completeness
10
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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