# obsidian-api-mcp-server

> MCP server enabling AI agents to perform natural knowledge discovery and analysis across Obsidian vaults

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/obsidian-api-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- version: 1.0.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, knowledge-management, mcp, obsidian, rest-api
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:obsidian-api-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# Obsidian MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI agents to perform sophisticated knowledge discovery and analysis across your Obsidian vault through the Local REST API plugin.

## Why This Matters

This server transforms your Obsidian vault into a powerful knowledge base for AI agents, enabling complex multi-step workflows like:

- **"Retrieve notes from my 'Projects/Planning' folder containing 'roadmap' or 'timeline' in titles, created after April 1st, then analyze them for any blockers or dependencies and present a consolidated risk assessment with references to the source notes"**

- **"Find all notes tagged with 'research' or 'analysis' from the last month, scan their content for incomplete sections or open questions, then cross-reference with my 'Team/Expertise' notes to suggest which colleagues could help address each gap"**

- **"Get the complete content of meeting notes from 'Leadership/Quarterly' containing 'budget' or 'headcount', analyze them for action items assigned to my department, and create a chronological timeline with source note references"**

The server's advanced filtering, regex support, and full content retrieval capabilities allow agents to perform nuanced knowledge work that would take hours manually.

## Prerequisites

1. Install the [Obsidian Local REST API](https://github.com/coddingtonbear/obsidian-local-rest-api) plugin in your Obsidian vault
2. Configure and enable the plugin in Obsidian settings
3. Note the API URL (default: `https://localhost:27124`) and API key if you've set one

## Installation

```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/obsidian-api-mcp-server
cd obsidian-api-mcp-server

# Install with uv
uv pip install -e .

# Or with pip
pip install -e .
```

## Configuration

Set environment variables for the Obsidian API:

```bash
# Required: Obsidian API URL (HTTPS by default)
export OBSIDIAN_API_URL="https://localhost:27124"  # Default

# Optional: API key if you'…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.apis (1, derived)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- productivity.notes (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/obsidian-api-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T08:25:54.850Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/obsidian-api-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/obsidian-api-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:obsidian-api-mcp-server