kObsidian

io.github.bezata/kobsidian-mcp·v0.2.1·Filesystem

Quality Score

/100

Filesystem-first MCP for Obsidian — an LLM-maintained wiki inspired by Karpathy's LLM Wiki.

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§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kobsidian-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kobsidian-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<obsidian_vault_path>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "https://127.0.0.1:27124",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "false",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "<your-obsidian_rest_api_key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kobsidian-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kobsidian-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<obsidian_vault_path>",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "https://127.0.0.1:27124",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "false",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "<your-obsidian_rest_api_key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y kobsidian-mcp

§02 Environment variables

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH

required

Absolute path to the Obsidian vault this server should operate on.

OBSIDIAN_API_URL

Base URL of the Obsidian Local REST API plugin. Only required for workspace.* / commands.* / live dataview.query* tools.

OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS

Set to 'true' if you've trusted the Local REST API's self-signed certificate.

OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY

secret

Bearer key for the Obsidian Local REST API plugin (only needed for REST-bridged tools).

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