obsidian-vault-mcp

Item: obsidian-vault-mcp
Rating: 63
Author: M8ven

A filesystem-based MCP server for Obsidian vaults that works without Obsidian running, enabling direct file operations via tools like list, read, write, append, and patch notes.

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// key findings

⚠️

Tool descriptions don’t match what handlers do

4 tools describe read intent but their handlers mutate — search_and_replace (line 510: fs.writeFileSync(full, updated, "utf-8")); list_tags (line 141: tagRegex.exec(line)); get_files_by_tag (line 141: tagRegex.exec(line))

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configOBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH— "": "/Users/yourname/ObsidianVault"

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commit: dd007a8a1cb0597936a936e65f32889fa9be320f

code hash: a3fb2130af39b235ddfcdd32bbaf1c989020960b86ace6aac8a433104d87cbc1

verified: 7/12/2026, 8:29:57 AM

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