Obsidian Hybrid Search

io.github.flowing-abyss/obsidian-hybrid-searchv0.13.24Search

Search Obsidian vaults with hybrid full-text, fuzzy, semantic, and graph retrieval.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using Obsidian Hybrid Search in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-08-24 15:00 UTC

screened 2026-07-25tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“No malicious instructions found”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

Own this server? Screen its description →

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-07-27).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins Obsidian Hybrid Search’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Markdown

[![mcpindex](https://mcpindex.ai/api/v1/badge/io-github-flowing-abyss-obsidian-hybrid-search)](https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-flowing-abyss-obsidian-hybrid-search)

HTML

<a href="https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-flowing-abyss-obsidian-hybrid-search"><img src="https://mcpindex.ai/api/v1/badge/io-github-flowing-abyss-obsidian-hybrid-search" alt="mcpindex verdict" height="20" /></a>

Environment variables

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH

required

Absolute path to the Obsidian vault to index and search.

OBSIDIAN_PREFIX

Optional prefix for MCP tool names when configuring multiple vaults.

OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS

Comma-separated glob patterns to exclude from indexing.

OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE

Read root and nested .gitignore files when indexing; set to false, 0, or no to disable.

OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS

Comma-separated patterns to re-include notes ignored only by .gitignore.

OPENAI_API_KEY

secret

Optional API key for OpenAI-compatible remote embeddings; omit to use local embeddings.

OPENAI_BASE_URL

Optional OpenAI-compatible API base URL for OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, or similar providers.

OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL

Remote embedding model name when using an OpenAI-compatible API.

LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL

Local embedding model used when no remote embedding API is configured.

RERANKER_MODEL

Optional ONNX cross-encoder reranker model used when reranking is requested.

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

completeness

installability

documentation

stability

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<obsidian_vault_path>",
        "OBSIDIAN_PREFIX": "<obsidian_prefix>",
        "OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS": ".obsidian/**,templates/**,*.canvas",
        "OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE": "true",
        "OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS": "<obsidian_include_patterns>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-openai_api_key>",
        "OPENAI_BASE_URL": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
        "OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "text-embedding-3-small",
        "LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "Xenova/multilingual-e5-small",
        "RERANKER_MODEL": "onnx-community/bge-reranker-v2-m3-ONNX"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<obsidian_vault_path>",
        "OBSIDIAN_PREFIX": "<obsidian_prefix>",
        "OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS": ".obsidian/**,templates/**,*.canvas",
        "OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE": "true",
        "OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS": "<obsidian_include_patterns>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-openai_api_key>",
        "OPENAI_BASE_URL": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
        "OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "text-embedding-3-small",
        "LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "Xenova/multilingual-e5-small",
        "RERANKER_MODEL": "onnx-community/bge-reranker-v2-m3-ONNX"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user obsidian-hybrid-search -- npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user obsidian-hybrid-search npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-flowing-abyss-obsidian-hybrid-search

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.13.24
category: Search
verdict expires: 2026-08-24
quality: 90 / 100
operator: flowing-abyss

Listing

Listed from the official MCP registry. Unclaimed by its maintainer. Maintainer? Email us →

Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained today; Bitcoin anchoring via OpenTimestamps is built and committed, not yet confirmed per verdict.

Links

Repository →Website →