Obsidian Vault MCP Server

io.github.OleksandrKucherenko/mcp-obsidian-via-restv1.3.3Search

Access Obsidian vaults via Local REST API - read, search, and interact with notes

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using Obsidian Vault MCP Server 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 2026-08-05 18:02 UTC

screened 2026-07-06tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

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

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“Declared capability to access and search notes”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.

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That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-07-31).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins Obsidian Vault MCP Server’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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Environment variables

API_KEY

requiredsecret

Obsidian Local REST API key

API_URLS

required

JSON array or semicolon-separated list of Obsidian REST API URLs for failover

API_HOST

Obsidian REST API host (legacy single-URL config)

API_PORT

Obsidian REST API port (legacy single-URL config)

API_KEY

requiredsecret

Obsidian Local REST API key

API_URLS

required

JSON array or semicolon-separated list of Obsidian REST API URLs for failover

MCP_TRANSPORTS

Enabled transports (default: stdio,http)

MCP_HTTP_PORT

HTTP transport bind port (default: 3000)

MCP_HTTP_HOST

HTTP transport bind host (default: 0.0.0.0)

MCP_HTTP_TOKEN

secret

Bearer token for HTTP transport authentication

API_KEY

requiredsecret

Obsidian Local REST API key

API_URLS

required

JSON array of Obsidian REST API URLs (use host.docker.internal for local Obsidian)

MCP_TRANSPORTS

Enabled transports (default: stdio,http)

MCP_HTTP_PORT

HTTP transport bind port (default: 3000)

MCP_HTTP_TOKEN

secret

Bearer token for HTTP transport authentication

API_KEY

requiredsecret

Obsidian Local REST API key

API_URLS

required

JSON array of Obsidian REST API URLs (use host.docker.internal for local Obsidian)

MCP_TRANSPORTS

Enabled transports (default: stdio,http)

MCP_HTTP_PORT

HTTP transport bind port (default: 3000)

MCP_HTTP_TOKEN

secret

Bearer token for HTTP transport authentication

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": {
    "mcp-obsidian-via-rest": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@oleksandrkucherenko/mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<your-api_key>",
        "API_URLS": "<api_urls>",
        "API_HOST": "<api_host>",
        "API_PORT": "<api_port>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORTS": "stdio,http",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3000",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "<mcp_http_host>",
        "MCP_HTTP_TOKEN": "<your-mcp_http_token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian-via-rest": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@oleksandrkucherenko/mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<your-api_key>",
        "API_URLS": "<api_urls>",
        "API_HOST": "<api_host>",
        "API_PORT": "<api_port>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORTS": "stdio,http",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3000",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "<mcp_http_host>",
        "MCP_HTTP_TOKEN": "<your-mcp_http_token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- @oleksandrkucherenko/mcp-obsidian

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user mcp-obsidian-via-rest -- npx -y -- @oleksandrkucherenko/mcp-obsidian

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user mcp-obsidian-via-rest npx -y -- @oleksandrkucherenko/mcp-obsidian

Claude Desktop (Docker)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-obsidian-via-rest": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--",
        "ghcr.io/oleksandrkucherenko/obsidian-mcp:1.3.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<your-api_key>",
        "API_URLS": "<api_urls>",
        "API_HOST": "<api_host>",
        "API_PORT": "<api_port>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORTS": "stdio,http",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3000",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "<mcp_http_host>",
        "MCP_HTTP_TOKEN": "<your-mcp_http_token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-oleksandrkucherenko-mcp-obsidian-via-rest

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

Details

version: v1.3.3
category: Search
verdict expires: 2026-08-05
quality: 88 / 100
operator: OleksandrKucherenko

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 and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 960,209). Verify it yourself.

Links

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