Obsidian vault server with multi-vault support, access control, search and pluggable embeddings, over stdio or OAuth-ready HTTP.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add obsidian-tc --env OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG='<OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG>' -- npx -y obsidian-tc~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.obsidian-tc]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "obsidian-tc"]
env = { OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG = "<OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG>" }
# codex mcp add obsidian-tc --env OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG='<OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG>' -- npx -y obsidian-tc~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tc": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"obsidian-tc"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG": "<OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"obsidian-tc": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"obsidian-tc"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG": "<OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tc": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"obsidian-tc"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG": "<OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tc": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"obsidian-tc"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG": "<OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tc": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"obsidian-tc"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG": "<OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.