Obsidian Semantic Search

io.github.DalecB/obsidian-semantic-mcp·v0.1.1·Search

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Read-only semantic search MCP server for Obsidian vaults using local Ollama embeddings.

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§00 Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

UNVERIFIEDno verdict on file

Verdict not yet evaluated for this tool. The hybrid eval runs adversarial cases first; coverage rolls out as the corpus expands. Until a verdict is recorded, an agent should treat this tool as not-yet-cleared and fall back to its own checks. Method: hybrid eval, four-state verdict, honest limits.

§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-semantic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT": "<obsidian_vault_root>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME": "<obsidian_semantic_mcp_home>",
        "OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL": "<obsidian_embed_model>",
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "<ollama_base_url>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX": "<obsidian_semantic_startup_index>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE": "<obsidian_semantic_allow_sensitive>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-semantic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT": "<obsidian_vault_root>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME": "<obsidian_semantic_mcp_home>",
        "OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL": "<obsidian_embed_model>",
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "<ollama_base_url>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX": "<obsidian_semantic_startup_index>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE": "<obsidian_semantic_allow_sensitive>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)