Obsidian Vault MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 176 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 11 Aug 2026.
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What the code does
We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
execFile(
parsed = yaml.load(raw_yaml, Loader=_UniqueKeyLoader) if raw_yaml.strip() else {}
return filename if prefix == "." else posixpath.join(prefix, filename)
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
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-vault-mcp -e 'OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>' -- uvx zotero-obsidian-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-vault-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"zotero-obsidian-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.obsidian-vault-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["zotero-obsidian-mcp"]
env = { OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH = "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-vault-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"zotero-obsidian-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"obsidian-vault-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"zotero-obsidian-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH> (Absolute path to the Obsidian vault, or auto when the client project is inside it).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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