# obsidian-rag-mcp

> Semantic search for Obsidian vaults via MCP

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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-rag-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Daniel Scholl
- homepage: https://github.com/danielscholl/obsidian-rag-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/danielscholl/obsidian-rag-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 0.2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, mcp, obsidian, rag, semantic-search
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:obsidian-rag-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Obsidian RAG MCP Server

**Your notes, searchable by meaning.**

An MCP server that gives Claude Code semantic search over your Obsidian vault. Ask questions in natural language, get answers from your own documents.

[![CI](https://github.com/danielscholl/obsidian-rag-mcp/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/danielscholl/obsidian-rag-mcp/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
[![Python 3.11+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
[![MCP](https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP-compatible-green.svg)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io)

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## The Problem

You have 500 notes in Obsidian. You know you wrote something about database timeouts causing customer issues... somewhere. Ctrl+F won't help when you don't remember the exact words.

## The Solution

This server indexes your vault with vector embeddings. Ask for "RCAs where database timeouts caused customer-facing issues" and get results even if your notes use terms like "CosmosDB latency", "connection pool exhaustion", or "query timeout."

Semantic search. Vectors stored locally. Sub-second queries.

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## Quick Start

```bash
# Clone and install (using uv - recommended)
git clone https://github.com/danielscholl/obsidian-rag-mcp.git
cd obsidian-rag-mcp
uv sync

# Set your API key
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."

# Index the sample vault (or your own)
uv run obsidian-rag index --vault ./vault

# Search it
uv run obsidian-rag search "database connection issues" --vault ./vault
```

<details>
<summary>Output</summary>

```
Query: database connection issues
Found 3 results (searched 1154 chunks)

--- Result 1 (score: 0.480) ---
Source: RCAs/2025-05-17-database-connection-pool-exhaustion.md
Tags: database, p1, rca

# 2025-05-17 - Database Connection Pool Exhaustion in payment-gateway...

--- Result 2 (score: 0.466) ---
Source: RCAs/2025-06-18-database-connection-po…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.vector-search (1, declared)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- productivity.notes (1, declared)
- data.database (0.791, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (0.688, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/obsidian-rag-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T08:25:56.658Z)

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