Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

    const result = spawnSync(options.command, [...options.args], {

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

      - name: Run auto-tag for dependency update merge
        if: steps.merge.outputs.commit
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

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Connect this server

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 obsidian-hybrid-search -- npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.obsidian-hybrid-search]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "obsidian-hybrid-search"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH (Absolute path to the Obsidian vault to index and search.), OBSIDIAN_PREFIX (Optional prefix for MCP tool names when configuring multiple vaults.), OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS (Comma-separated glob patterns to exclude from indexing.), OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE (Read root and nested .gitignore files when indexing; set to false, 0, or no to disable.), OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS (Comma-separated patterns to re-include notes ignored only by .gitignore.), OPENAI_API_KEY (Optional API key for OpenAI-compatible remote embeddings; omit to use local embeddings.), OPENAI_BASE_URL (Optional OpenAI-compatible API base URL for OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, or similar providers.), OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL (Remote embedding model name when using an OpenAI-compatible API.), LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL (Local embedding model used when no remote embedding API is configured.), RERANKER_MODEL (Optional ONNX cross-encoder reranker model used when reranking is requested.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.