Obsidian FAQs

Question 1

What is Obsidian-MCP-Server?

Accepted Answer

Obsidian-MCP-Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to directly access and manage your Obsidian vaults. It allows you to interact with your notes using natural language, making note-taking and knowledge retrieval more intuitive.

Question 2

Do I need the Obsidian application installed to use this server?

Accepted Answer

No, you do not need the Obsidian desktop application running at runtime. The server only requires access to your Obsidian vault, which is simply a folder of Markdown (.md) files, along with Node.js 18+ to function.

Question 3

What kind of note management can I do with AI using this tool?

Accepted Answer

You can perform comprehensive note management, including reading, writing, creating, updating, deleting, moving, and appending content to notes. It also offers advanced search capabilities like full-text search, searching by tags, backlinks, and metadata, all driven by natural language commands.

Question 4

Which AI assistants and clients are compatible?

Accepted Answer

The server supports a wide range of MCP-compatible clients, including Claude Desktop, Claude Code (CLI), Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot, Cline, Continue), Zed, and Ollama (via mcphost). This ensures broad integration with your preferred AI development and chat environments.

Question 5

What security features are built into Obsidian-MCP-Server?

Accepted Answer

Security is a priority. It includes path traversal and symlink protection to keep operations within your designated vault, file/response size limits to prevent memory issues, and critically, it has no network access, operating purely on local files.

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