Obsidian Semantic Search

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Read-only semantic search MCP server for Obsidian vaults using local Ollama embeddings.

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Add it to your MCP client. The catalogue lists this config verbatim from its source — it does not run, download, or vouch for the server. Review the command before you run it.

Transportstdio (runs a local command)

Env varsOBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL OLLAMA_BASE_URL OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT= --env OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME= --env OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL= --env OLLAMA_BASE_URL= --env OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX= --env OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE= --env OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE= --env OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS= obsidian-semantic-mcp -- npx @dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp

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If the button doesn't open Cursor, use the JSON below — Cursor accepts the same mcpServers config.

VS Code

code --add-mcp '{"name":"obsidian-semantic-mcp","command":"npx","args":["@dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp"],"env":{"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT":"","OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME":"","OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL":"","OLLAMA_BASE_URL":"","OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX":"","OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE":"","OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE":"","OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS":""}}'

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-semantic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL": "",
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.