Obsidian Hybrid Search
About
Search Obsidian vaults with hybrid full-text, fuzzy, semantic, and graph retrieval.
Use this server
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 vars
OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH OBSIDIAN_PREFIX OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS OPENAI_API_KEY OPENAI_BASE_URL OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL RERANKER_MODELClaude Code
claude mcp add --env OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH= --env OBSIDIAN_PREFIX= --env OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS= --env OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE= --env OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS= --env OPENAI_API_KEY= --env OPENAI_BASE_URL= --env OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL= --env LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL= --env RERANKER_MODEL= obsidian-hybrid-search -- npx obsidian-hybrid-search
Cursor
If the button doesn't open Cursor, use the JSON below — Cursor accepts the same mcpServers config.
VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"obsidian-hybrid-search","command":"npx","args":["obsidian-hybrid-search"],"env":{"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH":"","OBSIDIAN_PREFIX":"","OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS":"","OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE":"","OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS":"","OPENAI_API_KEY":"","OPENAI_BASE_URL":"","OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL":"","LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL":"","RERANKER_MODEL":""}}'
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-hybrid-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"obsidian-hybrid-search"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "",
"OBSIDIAN_PREFIX": "",
"OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS": "",
"OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE": "",
"OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS": "",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "",
"OPENAI_BASE_URL": "",
"OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "",
"LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "",
"RERANKER_MODEL": ""
}
}
}
}
Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.