Obsidian MCP Tools
Obsidian MCP with semantic search via embeddings and custom Templater prompts. Distinct from the existing cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server entry: this one focuses on search-and-retrieval workflows; the existing one focuses on vault read/write/edit. 797 stars and 8 commits on main in the last 30 days.
“Obsidian MCP with semantic search via embeddings and custom Templater prompts. Distinct from the existing cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server entry: this one focuses on search-and-retrieval workflows; the existing one focuses on vault read/write/edit. 797 GitHub stars and 8 commits on main in the last 30 days.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tools": {
"command": "obsidian-mcp-tools",
"args": [],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-openai-key>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tools": {
"command": "obsidian-mcp-tools",
"args": [],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-openai-key>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tools": {
"command": "obsidian-mcp-tools",
"args": [],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-openai-key>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tools": {
"command": "obsidian-mcp-tools",
"args": [],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-openai-key>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-tools": {
"command": "obsidian-mcp-tools",
"args": [],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-openai-key>"
}
}
}
}
6 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- 797 GitHub stars and MIT licence.
- 8 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- Semantic search via embeddings sits alongside full-text search.
- Templater integration lets agents invoke custom scripts as tools.
- Differentiated from the existing cyanheads Obsidian MCP: this one prioritises retrieval and Templater prompts; the other prioritises read/write/edit.
- Semantic search requires an embedding service (OpenAI, local Ollama, or similar).
- Single-maintainer governance.
- Templater plugin must be installed in the vault for the templater tools to work.
The MCP holds Obsidian vault file access plus the embedding-service API key. Scope the agent filesystem to the vault root. Embedding service usage carries cost; budget the agent token usage accordingly. Templater scripts can execute arbitrary code; review scripts before exposing them as agent tools.
Knowledge workers using Obsidian who want agents to retrieve notes by semantic similarity over keyword search; users with custom Templater scripts who want them callable as agent tools; teams that already use the cyanheads Obsidian MCP for write paths and want a separate retrieval-focused MCP for reads.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this797 stars on the jacksteamdev/obsidian-mcp-tools repo. 8 commits on main in the last 30 days.
// Reading thisPairs with the existing cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server entry: read-and-search vs read-write-and-edit.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.4editorial | 797 | — | MAY 3, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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