Obsidian Rust MCP

What it does

Obsidian Rust MCP is a high-performance bridge between AI agents and Obsidian knowledge bases. It provides structured access to notes, allowing agents to index vault structures, search for content via tags or keywords, and manage notes with precise control over appending or overwriting content.

Tools

• help: Provides a command manual and detailed usage guides for the server.
• executeCommand: A unified entry point to run registered obsidian commands including:
  • obsidian.search: Search notes by tags or keywords.
  • obsidian.write: Create or append to notes with automatic frontmatter.
  • obsidian.read: Read note content by path.
  • obsidian.index: Retrieve the full file tree and tag statistics.
  • obsidian.delete: Remove a note from the vault.

Installation

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-rust": {
      "command": "/path/to/obsidian-mcp",
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT": "/path/to/your/vault"
      }
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

• Claude Desktop
• Cursor