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Crawler Summary

obsidian-mcp-server answer-first brief

Model Context Protocol server for Obsidian vault integration Obsidian MCP Server 🔗 **Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Obsidian integration** Enables AI assistants to read, search, and interact with your Obsidian vault through secure, standardized protocols. Features - 🔒 **Secure vault access** with path validation - 📝 **Markdown file reading** with metadata extraction - 🔍 **Search capabilities** across vault contents - ⚡ **High performance** with efficient file hand Published capability contract available. No trust telemetry is available yet. Last updated 2/24/2026.

Freshness

Last checked 2/22/2026

Best For

Contract is available with explicit auth and schema references.

Not Ideal For

obsidian-mcp-server is not ideal for teams that need stronger public trust telemetry, lower setup complexity, or more explicit contract coverage before production rollout.

Evidence Sources Checked

editorial-content, capability-contract, runtime-metrics, public facts pack

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Agent DossierGitHubSafety: 100/100

obsidian-mcp-server

MCPverified

Public facts

Change events

Artifacts

Freshness

Feb 22, 2026

Verifiededitorial-content1 verified compatibility signal

Published capability contract available. No trust telemetry is available yet. Last updated 2/24/2026.

Schema refs publishedTrust evidence available

Trust score

Unknown

Compatibility

MCP

Freshness

Feb 22, 2026

Vendor

Simplyaisolution

Artifacts

Benchmarks

Last release

1.0.0

Executive Summary

Key links, install path, and a quick operational read before the deeper crawl record.

Verifiededitorial-content

Summary

Published capability contract available. No trust telemetry is available yet. Last updated 2/24/2026.

View Source

Setup snapshot

git clone https://github.com/SimplyAISolution/Obsidian-MCP-Server.git

1
Setup complexity is MEDIUM. Standard integration tests and API key provisioning are required before connecting this to production workloads.
2
Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.

Evidence Ledger

Everything public we have scraped or crawled about this agent, grouped by evidence type with provenance.

Verifiededitorial-content

Vendor (1)

Vendor

Simplyaisolution

profilemedium

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Compatibility (2)

Protocol compatibility

MCP

contracthigh

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Auth modes

mcp, api_key

contracthigh

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Artifact (1)

Machine-readable schemas

OpenAPI or schema references published

contracthigh

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Security (1)

Handshake status

UNKNOWN

trustmedium

Observed unknownSource link Provenance

Integration (1)

Crawlable docs

6 indexed pages on the official domain

search_documentmedium

Observed Apr 15, 2026Source link Provenance

Release & Crawl Timeline

Merged public release, docs, artifact, benchmark, pricing, and trust refresh events.

Self-declaredagent-index

Docs Update

Docs refreshed: Sign in to GitHub · GitHub

search_documentmedium

Fresh crawlable documentation was indexed for the official domain.

Observed Apr 15, 2026

Artifacts Archive

Extracted files, examples, snippets, parameters, dependencies, permissions, and artifact metadata.

Self-declaredGITHUB MCP

Extracted files

Examples

Snippets

Languages

typescript

Executable Examples

bash

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Set up your vault path
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your vault path

# Start the server
npm run dev

bash

git clone https://github.com/SimplyAISolution/Obsidian-MCP-Server.git
   cd Obsidian-MCP-Server

bash

npm install

bash

cp .env.example .env

env

VAULT_PATH=/path/to/your/obsidian/vault

bash

npm run build

Docs & README

Full documentation captured from public sources, including the complete README when available.

Self-declaredGITHUB MCP

Docs source

GITHUB MCP

Editorial quality

ready

Full README

Obsidian MCP Server

🔗 Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Obsidian integration

Enables AI assistants to read, search, and interact with your Obsidian vault through secure, standardized protocols.

Features

🔒 Secure vault access with path validation
📝 Markdown file reading with metadata extraction
🔍 Search capabilities across vault contents
⚡ High performance with efficient file handling
🛡️ Security-first design with input validation

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Set up your vault path
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your vault path

# Start the server
npm run dev

Installation

Prerequisites

Node.js 18.0.0 or higher
An existing Obsidian vault

Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/SimplyAISolution/Obsidian-MCP-Server.git
cd Obsidian-MCP-Server

Install dependencies:
```
npm install
```

Configure environment:

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and set your vault path:

VAULT_PATH=/path/to/your/obsidian/vault

Build the project:
```
npm run build
```

Usage

Development Mode

npm run dev

Production Mode

npm run build
npm start

Running Tests

# Run all tests
npm test

# Run tests in watch mode
npm run test:watch

# Run tests with coverage
npm run test:coverage

Code Quality

# Lint code
npm run lint

# Fix linting issues
npm run lint:fix

# Type checking
npm run typecheck

Configuration

The server can be configured through environment variables:

| Variable | Description | Default | |----------|-------------|---------| | VAULT_PATH | Path to your Obsidian vault | Required | | SERVER_PORT | Server port number | 3000 | | LOG_LEVEL | Logging level (debug, info, warn, error) | info | | MAX_FILE_SIZE | Maximum file size in bytes | 10485760 (10MB) | | ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS | Comma-separated list of allowed file extensions | .md,.txt,.json |

API Reference

Resources

List Resources

{
  "method": "resources/list",
  "params": {}
}

Read Resource

{
  "method": "resources/read",
  "params": {
    "uri": "obsidian://path/to/file.md"
  }
}

Security

Path Traversal Protection: All file paths are validated to prevent directory traversal attacks
File Extension Filtering: Only allowed file extensions can be accessed
File Size Limits: Large files are rejected to prevent resource exhaustion
Input Validation: All inputs are validated using Zod schemas

Development

Project Structure

src/
├── handlers/           # Request handlers
│   └── vault.ts       # Vault-specific handlers
├── utils/             # Utility functions
│   ├── logger.ts      # Logging utility
│   └── security.ts    # Security utilities
├── types/             # Type definitions
│   └── config.ts      # Configuration types
├── config.ts          # Configuration management
├── server.ts          # MCP server implementation
└── index.ts           # Main entry point

tests/
├── unit/              # Unit tests
├── integration/       # Integration tests
└── fixtures/          # Test fixtures

Contributing

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch
Make your changes
Add tests for new functionality
Ensure all tests pass
Submit a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions:

Check the documentation
Search existing issues
Create a new issue with detailed information

Roadmap

[ ] Advanced search functionality
[ ] File writing capabilities
[ ] Plugin integration
[ ] Batch operations
[ ] Real-time file watching
[ ] Enhanced metadata extraction

Contract & API

Machine endpoints, protocol fit, contract coverage, invocation examples, and guardrails for agent-to-agent use.

Verifiedcapability-contract

Endpoints

Dossier API Snapshot API Contract API Trust API

Contract coverage

Status

ready

Auth

mcp, api_key

Streaming

Data region

global

Protocol support

MCP: verified

Requires: mcp, lang:typescript

Forbidden: none

Guardrails

Operational confidence: medium

Contract is available with explicit auth and schema references.

Trust confidence is not low and verification freshness is acceptable.

Protocol support is explicitly confirmed in contract metadata.

Invocation examples

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/snapshot"

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/contract"

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/trust"

Reliability & Benchmarks

Trust and runtime signals, benchmark suites, failure patterns, and practical risk constraints.

Missingruntime-metrics

Trust signals

Handshake

UNKNOWN

Confidence

unknown

Attempts 30d

unknown

Fallback rate

unknown

Runtime metrics

Observed P50

unknown

Observed P95

unknown

Rate limit

unknown

Estimated cost

unknown

No benchmark suites or observed failure patterns are available.

Media & Demo

Every public screenshot, visual asset, demo link, and owner-provided destination tied to this agent.

Missingno-media

No screenshots, media assets, or demo links are available.

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Rank

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Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

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GITLAB_PUBLIC_PROJECTSgitlab-mcp

Rank

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for GitLab

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

MCP

GITLAB_AI_CATALOGrmcp-openapi

Rank

Expose OpenAPI definition endpoints as MCP tools using the official Rust SDK for the Model Context Protocol (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk)

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

MCP

GITLAB_AI_CATALOGrmcp-actix-web

Rank

An actix_web backend for the official Rust SDK for the Model Context Protocol (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk)

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

MCP

Machine Appendix

Contract JSON

{
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    "mcp",
    "api_key"
  ],
  "requires": [
    "mcp",
    "lang:typescript"
  ],
  "forbidden": [],
  "supportsMcp": true,
  "supportsA2a": false,
  "supportsStreaming": false,
  "inputSchemaRef": "https://github.com/SimplyAISolution/Obsidian-MCP-Server#input",
  "outputSchemaRef": "https://github.com/SimplyAISolution/Obsidian-MCP-Server#output",
  "dataRegion": "global",
  "contractUpdatedAt": "2026-02-24T19:45:05.952Z",
  "sourceUpdatedAt": "2026-02-24T19:45:05.952Z",
  "freshnessSeconds": 4429348
}

Invocation Guide

{
  "preferredApi": {
    "snapshotUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/snapshot",
    "contractUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/contract",
    "trustUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/trust"
  },
  "curlExamples": [
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/snapshot\"",
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/contract\"",
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/trust\""
  ],
  "jsonRequestTemplate": {
    "query": "summarize this repo",
    "constraints": {
      "maxLatencyMs": 2000,
      "protocolPreference": [
        "MCP"
      ]
    }
  },
  "jsonResponseTemplate": {
    "ok": true,
    "result": {
      "summary": "...",
      "confidence": 0.9
    },
    "meta": {
      "source": "GITHUB_MCP",
      "generatedAt": "2026-04-17T02:07:34.383Z"
    }
  },
  "retryPolicy": {
    "maxAttempts": 3,
    "backoffMs": [
      500,
      1500,
      3500
    ],
    "retryableConditions": [
      "HTTP_429",
      "HTTP_503",
      "NETWORK_TIMEOUT"
    ]
  }
}

Trust JSON

{
  "status": "unavailable",
  "handshakeStatus": "UNKNOWN",
  "verificationFreshnessHours": null,
  "reputationScore": null,
  "p95LatencyMs": null,
  "successRate30d": null,
  "fallbackRate": null,
  "attempts30d": null,
  "trustUpdatedAt": null,
  "trustConfidence": "unknown",
  "sourceUpdatedAt": null,
  "freshnessSeconds": null
}

Capability Matrix

{
  "rows": [
    {
      "key": "MCP",
      "type": "protocol",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "contract",
      "notes": "Confirmed by capability contract"
    },
    {
      "key": "mcp",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "obsidian",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "ai",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "context",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "server",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    }
  ],
  "flattenedTokens": "protocol:MCP|supported|contract capability:mcp|supported|profile capability:obsidian|supported|profile capability:ai|supported|profile capability:context|supported|profile capability:server|supported|profile"
}

Facts JSON

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    "factKey": "docs_crawl",
    "category": "integration",
    "label": "Crawlable docs",
    "value": "6 indexed pages on the official domain",
    "href": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceType": "search_document",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-04-15T05:03:46.393Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "protocols",
    "category": "compatibility",
    "label": "Protocol compatibility",
    "value": "MCP",
    "href": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/contract",
    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/contract",
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    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "auth_modes",
    "category": "compatibility",
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    "value": "mcp, api_key",
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  },
  {
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    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/contract",
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    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "vendor",
    "category": "vendor",
    "label": "Vendor",
    "value": "Simplyaisolution",
    "href": "https://github.com/SimplyAISolution/Obsidian-MCP-Server",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/SimplyAISolution/Obsidian-MCP-Server",
    "sourceType": "profile",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:43:14.176Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "handshake_status",
    "category": "security",
    "label": "Handshake status",
    "value": "UNKNOWN",
    "href": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/trust",
    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-simplyaisolution-obsidian-mcp-server/trust",
    "sourceType": "trust",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": null,
    "isPublic": true
  }
]

Change Events JSON

[
  {
    "eventType": "docs_update",
    "title": "Docs refreshed: Sign in to GitHub · GitHub",
    "description": "Fresh crawlable documentation was indexed for the official domain.",
    "href": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceType": "search_document",
    "confidence": "medium",
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    "isPublic": true
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]