Obsidian Brain

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About

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

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 varsVAULT_PATH DATA_DIR EMBEDDING_PRESET EMBEDDING_MODEL EMBEDDING_PROVIDER OLLAMA_BASE_URL OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_DIM OLLAMA_NUM_CTX OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_OLLAMA_AUTO_PULL OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_OLLAMA_BYOM_AUTO_PULL OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_NO_WATCH OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_NO_CATCHUP OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_WATCH_DEBOUNCE_MS OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_COMMUNITY_DEBOUNCE_MS OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_TOOL_TIMEOUT_MS OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_MAX_CHUNK_TOKENS OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_CONFIG_DIR OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_DEBUG OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_LOG_FORMAT

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env VAULT_PATH= --env DATA_DIR= --env EMBEDDING_PRESET= --env EMBEDDING_MODEL= --env EMBEDDING_PROVIDER= --env OLLAMA_BASE_URL= --env OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_DIM= --env OLLAMA_NUM_CTX= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_OLLAMA_AUTO_PULL= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_OLLAMA_BYOM_AUTO_PULL= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_NO_WATCH= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_NO_CATCHUP= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_WATCH_DEBOUNCE_MS= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_COMMUNITY_DEBOUNCE_MS= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_TOOL_TIMEOUT_MS= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_MAX_CHUNK_TOKENS= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_CONFIG_DIR= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_DEBUG= --env OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_LOG_FORMAT= obsidian-brain -- npx obsidian-brain

Cursor

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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-brain","command":"npx","args":["obsidian-brain"],"env":{"VAULT_PATH":"","DATA_DIR":"","EMBEDDING_PRESET":"","EMBEDDING_MODEL":"","EMBEDDING_PROVIDER":"","OLLAMA_BASE_URL":"","OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_DIM":"","OLLAMA_NUM_CTX":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_OLLAMA_AUTO_PULL":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_OLLAMA_BYOM_AUTO_PULL":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_NO_WATCH":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_NO_CATCHUP":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_WATCH_DEBOUNCE_MS":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_COMMUNITY_DEBOUNCE_MS":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_TOOL_TIMEOUT_MS":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_MAX_CHUNK_TOKENS":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_CONFIG_DIR":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_DEBUG":"","OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_LOG_FORMAT":""}}'

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-brain": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "obsidian-brain"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_PATH": "",
        "DATA_DIR": "",
        "EMBEDDING_PRESET": "",
        "EMBEDDING_MODEL": "",
        "EMBEDDING_PROVIDER": "",
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "",
        "OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_DIM": "",
        "OLLAMA_NUM_CTX": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_OLLAMA_AUTO_PULL": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_OLLAMA_BYOM_AUTO_PULL": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_NO_WATCH": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_NO_CATCHUP": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_WATCH_DEBOUNCE_MS": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_COMMUNITY_DEBOUNCE_MS": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_TOOL_TIMEOUT_MS": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_MAX_CHUNK_TOKENS": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_CONFIG_DIR": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_DEBUG": "",
        "OBSIDIAN_BRAIN_LOG_FORMAT": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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