Vault MCP Tools runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping.
Complete Obsidian vault MCP server. 35 tools: notes, search, graph, tags, canvas.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add vault-mcp-tools -e 'OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>' -- npx -y vault-mcp-tools{
"mcpServers": {
"vault-mcp-tools": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vault-mcp-tools"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.vault-mcp-tools]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "vault-mcp-tools"]
env = { OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH = "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"vault-mcp-tools": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vault-mcp-tools"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"vault-mcp-tools": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vault-mcp-tools"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH> (Absolute path to the Obsidian vault root directory).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
OBSIDIAN_REST_TOKEN (Bearer token for the Obsidian REST API (enables 3 bonus tools: execute_command, list_commands, open_in_obsidian)), OBSIDIAN_REST_PORT (REST API port (default: 27124)), OBSIDIAN_TRANSPORT (Transport mode: stdio (default) or http), OBSIDIAN_HTTP_PORT (HTTP transport port (default: 3000)), OBSIDIAN_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN (Bearer token for HTTP transport authentication).
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