MCP server for Obsidian — connects AI agents to your vault via obsidian-api
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add obsidian-rest-swarogan --env OBSIDIAN_API_KEY='<OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @swarogan/obsidian-mcp-rest~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.obsidian-rest-swarogan]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@swarogan/obsidian-mcp-rest"]
env = { OBSIDIAN_API_KEY = "<OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add obsidian-rest-swarogan --env OBSIDIAN_API_KEY='<OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @swarogan/obsidian-mcp-rest~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-rest-swarogan": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@swarogan/obsidian-mcp-rest"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"obsidian-rest-swarogan": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@swarogan/obsidian-mcp-rest"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-rest-swarogan": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@swarogan/obsidian-mcp-rest"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-rest-swarogan": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@swarogan/obsidian-mcp-rest"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-rest-swarogan": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@swarogan/obsidian-mcp-rest"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "<OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
OBSIDIAN_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.