Obsidian CLI MCP server

by stonematt·io.github.stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli·v2.1.0

Save chat notes from Claude Desktop to your vault — MCP on Obsidian CLI. Keep what matters.

A92/100grade A

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write = sends, deletes, buys or posts

Read from the package source without running it. The installed server may list more.

obsidianwrite action
Run any Obsidian CLI command. Pass the full command string exactly as you would on the terminal (minus the leading 'obsidian' binary name). Leading `vault=NAME` overrides the active vault and is cached for subsequent calls. Intent -> verb cheatsheet. Use the canonical verb on the right; the convenience tools (`obsidian_*`) wrap the same verbs with typed args. PUT put new note from template -> temp

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-19 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan9 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
Maintenancelast push 11 days ago15/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Overall 92/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

Runs npx -y mcp-obsidian-cli on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.

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

Is Obsidian CLI MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the Obsidian CLI safety report
How do I install Obsidian CLI?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
Does Obsidian CLI need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 3 settings from the environment.
Is Obsidian CLI maintained?: The last commit was 11 days ago (2026-09-08). The latest release is v2.1.0.
What can I use instead of Obsidian CLI?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Vault Cortex MCP server, Obsidian MCP server and Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP server. Compare all Obsidian CLI alternatives.

Same job from other publishers: the closest match first, then the best rated.

Vault Cortex
Standalone MCP server for Obsidian vaults — hybrid search, notes & files, memory, tasks, OAuth 2.1
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Obsidian
Read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian notes, tags, and frontmatter via MCP.
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Established
A
Obsidian Hybrid Search
Search Obsidian vaults with hybrid full-text, fuzzy, semantic, and graph retrieval.
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Established
B
Seekstone
Filesystem-direct Obsidian MCP server — search and edit your vault with low context-tax.
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Enzyme
Semantic search and pattern discovery for Obsidian and markdown vaults.
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Local package. It runs on your machine, not through the gateway.

OBSIDIAN_VAULTTarget vault name. If unset or unknown, the server prompts the caller on first tool use, listing the vaults Obsidian knows about.
OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATHPath to the obsidian-cli binary. Auto-discovered on macOS; set explicitly on Linux/Windows or if the binary is non-standard.
OBSIDIAN_TIMEOUT_MSPer-command timeout in milliseconds.

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