Obsidian MCP server

This is a helper that connects your AI assistant to your Obsidian vault, the folder where all your notes live. Once it is set up, you can ask your AI to find notes, summarize them, add text, fix links, and more, without opening Obsidian yourself. It is handy for anyone who keeps a lot of notes and wants their AI to work with them directly.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something about your notes, like finding a topic or adding a line. The AI uses this helper to look inside your Obsidian vault. The helper reads, searches, or edits the notes you asked about. Then it sends the result back to the AI, and the AI tells you what it found or what it changed. You never have to open Obsidian or copy text back and forth.

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What you can do with it

• Search all your notes for words or phrases
• Read a whole note or just one section by its heading
• Create new notes or add text to existing ones
• Rename or move notes and fix the links inside them
• Find notes by tag or by frontmatter details
• List backlinks, outlinks, and orphan notes
• Read and edit Obsidian canvas files

Try asking your AI

• “Find all notes tagged project that I edited this week and summarize each one”
• “Add a Last reviewed heading with today's date to every note in my Atlas folder”
• “Show me any broken links in my vault and which note they are in”
• “What did I write in my daily note today, and add a new task at the bottom”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in the chat, like a list of matching notes, a short summary, or a count of things found. If the AI changed something, it tells you which notes it edited and what it added. For searches, you often see the note names and a short snippet around your search words. For attachments, it can show images or files right in the chat.

Before you start

Who it's for

People who keep notes in Obsidian and want their AI to search, summarize, and update those notes for them.