Obsidian CLI MCP Server

Your thinking starts in Claude Desktop, not in Obsidian. You research, draft, argue with the model, and when something's worth keeping you say "save this to my vault." It lands in the right place: your template, your properties, today's daily note, wired into your link graph. No tab-switch, no copy-paste. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting productivity tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in JavaScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-07-10 · ★ 2 · #82 OF 139 MAINTAINED PRODUCTIVITY · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · JavaScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Obsidian CLI

before you install - you'll need

OBSIDIAN_VAULT

Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.

Claude Code

claude mcp add stonematt-mcp-obsidian-cli -- npx -y mcp-obsidian-cli

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stonematt-mcp-obsidian-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-obsidian-cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package mcp-obsidian-cli - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.stonematt is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Obsidian CLI can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v2.0.4 · 2026-07-10

v2.0.3 · 2026-05-24

Changed · New install brief (docs/INSTALL.md) built for Claude Code: paste one prompt and it runs the whole setup for you - checks Node, enables the Obsidian CLI, edits your Claude Desktop config, and verifies the…

v2.0.2 · 2026-05-24

Changed · README now leads with a demo GIF of the Claude Desktop → Obsidian capture-and-augment workflow, and adds an Obsidian CLI badge to the header (#34). Documentation/presentation only - no code changes.

04 · Who maintains Obsidian CLI

mcp-obsidian-cli is maintained by stonematt. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Apr 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli
category: productivity - ranked #82 of 139 actively-maintained productivity servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 1 release in the last 90 days (latest 2026-07-10)
registry: io.github.stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli (active, first published 2026-05-16 · 8 versions)
packages: npm:mcp-obsidian-cli

06 · Obsidian CLI FAQ

What is Obsidian CLI?

Is Obsidian CLI still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-07-10 and it shipped 1 release in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Obsidian CLI?

Run `npx -y mcp-obsidian-cli`. The README documents one environment variable (OBSIDIAN_VAULT) to set first. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Obsidian CLI run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Obsidian CLI

Alternatives to Obsidian CLI

Maintained productivity servers if Obsidian CLI isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Obsidian CLI doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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