Obsidian Model Context Protocol

This is a connector to allow Claude Desktop (or any MCP client) to read and search an Obsidian vault. This will also work for any Markdown directory.

Installation

Make sure Claude Desktop is installed.

Then, simply modify your Claude Desktop config locationed here:

~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

If you don't have this config, you can create an empty file at this location.

Add the following to the mcpServers array, replacing <path-to-your-vault> with the path to your Obsidian vault.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "obsidian": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-obsidian",
                "<path-to-your-vault>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Then, start Claude Desktop and you should see the following MCP tools listed: