obsidian-mcp

WHAT IT CONNECTS

What obsidian-mcp gives an AI Agent

• Read and search notes in your vault
• Create new notes and directories
• Edit existing notes
• Move and delete notes
• Manage tags (add, remove, rename)
• Search vault contents
• Node.js 20 or higher (might work on lower, but I haven't tested it)
• An Obsidian vault
• macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
• Windows: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
• MacOS: `~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log`
• Windows: `%APPDATA%\Claude\logs\mcp*.log`
• `read-note` - Read the contents of a note
• `create-note` - Create a new note
• `edit-note` - Edit an existing note
• `delete-note` - Delete a note
• `move-note` - Move a note to a different location
• `create-directory` - Create a new directory
• `search-vault` - Search notes in the vault
• `add-tags` - Add tags to a note
• `remove-tags` - Remove tags from a note
• `rename-tag` - Rename a tag across all notes
• `manage-tags` - List and organize tags
• `list-available-vaults` - List all available vaults (helps with multi-vault setups)
• `creating-tools.md` - Guide for creating new tools
• `tool-examples.md` - Examples of using the available tools
• Only provide access to your intended vault directory
• Review tool actions before approving them
• **Server not showing up in Claude Desktop**
• Verify your configuration file syntax
• Make sure the vault path is absolute and exists
• Restart Claude Desktop
• **Permission errors**
• Ensure the vault path is readable/writable
• Check file permissions in your vault
• **Tool execution failures**
• Check Claude Desktop logs at:
• macOS: `~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log`
• Windows: `%APPDATA%\Claude\logs\mcp*.log`