mcpbeat

Obsidian Brain MCP Server

io.github.sweir1/obsidian-brain
local only

Obsidian Brain runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 71 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 May 2026.

Obsidian MCP server: semantic search, knowledge graph, and vault editing. No plugin required.

Installs per day peak 95 · avg 21 · -62% w/w
a month agotoday
71
Installs / week
npm · obsidian-brain
8
Stars
1 open issues
16 May 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add obsidian-brain -- npx -y obsidian-brain
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-brain": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-brain"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.obsidian-brain]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "obsidian-brain"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-brain": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-brain"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-brain": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-brain"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Obsidian Brain — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Obsidian Brain?
Obsidian Brain runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package obsidian-brain was installed 71 times last week.
How do I connect Obsidian Brain?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls obsidian-brain straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Obsidian Brain?
The npm package obsidian-brain was installed 71 times in the last week. Week over week that is -62%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Obsidian Brain open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 8 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.