MCPVault: Obsidian MCP Server Setup for Claude, Cursor and Other Apps

• Finds notes by their text or properties

  Searches note content, and optionally frontmatter, with multi-word matching. You can limit it to a folder or skip folders. Returns 5 results by default and 20 at most.

  Try: “Find my notes that mention the Q3 launch.”

  Files · search_notes

• Opens one note

  Returns the content and frontmatter of a note in your vault.

  Try: “Read my note project-ideas.md.”

  Files · read_note

• Opens up to 10 notes at once

  Reads several notes in one call, with options to leave out content or frontmatter.

  Try: “Read these three meeting notes.”

  Files · read_multiple_notes

• Lists files and folders

  Lists what is in a vault folder, including files that are not notes.

  Try: “List the files in my Projects folder.”

  Files · list_directory

• Shows the headings of a note

  Returns the heading structure with levels and line numbers, so large notes can be read in parts.

  Try: “Show the outline of my thesis note.”

  Files · get_note_outline

• Reads a range of lines from a note

  Reads only the lines you ask for, after you find them in the outline.

  Try: “Read lines 40 to 80 of my thesis note.”

  Files · read_note_lines

• Reads a note's properties only

  Returns the frontmatter of a note without its content.

  Try: “What are the properties on my reading-list note?”

  Files · get_frontmatter

• Gets details of notes without their content

  Returns metadata for the notes you name.

  Try: “When were these notes last changed?”

  Files · get_notes_info

• Shows the size of your vault

  Returns note and folder counts, total size and recently changed files.

  Try: “How big is my vault?”

  Files · get_vault_stats

• Lists every tag with counts

  Returns frontmatter tags and inline hashtags across the vault, most used first.

  Try: “What tags do I use most?”

  Files · list_all_tags

• Opens a note from a [[wiki link]]

  Resolves an Obsidian link such as [[Document Name]] to a note and returns alternatives when the name is ambiguous.

  Try: “Open [[Weekly Review]].”

  Files · wiki_link

• Creates or edits a note

  Writes a note with overwrite, append or prepend mode, optionally with frontmatter. Overwrite replaces the note.

  Try: “Create a note with today's date and my to-dos.”

  Write · write_note

• Replaces text inside a note

  Swaps one exact piece of text for another. It fails when the text matches more than once, unless you allow replace-all.

  Try: “Change "draft" to "final" in the report note.”

  Write · patch_note

• Changes a note's properties

  Updates frontmatter, merging with existing fields by default, without touching the content.

  Try: “Set status to done on this note.”

  Write · update_frontmatter

• Adds, removes or lists tags on a note

  Adds or removes tags on one note, or lists its tags.

  Try: “Add the tag #review to this note.”

  Write · manage_tags

• Moves or renames a note

  Moves a note to a new path. Overwriting an existing file needs an explicit option.

  Try: “Move this note into the Archive folder.”

  Write · move_note

• Moves or renames any file

  Moves a non-note file too. You must repeat both paths to confirm.

  Try: “Move image.png into attachments.”

  Write · move_file

• Deletes a note

  Deletes a note after you confirm its path. It can delete permanently, move to a .trash folder in the vault, or move to the system trash. Permanent deletion is the default.

  Try: “Delete the old-draft note and move it to the trash.”

  Delete · delete_note

Watch out for

• It can delete and overwrite your notes

  Delete is permanent by default, and writing in overwrite mode replaces a note. Use --read-only, or keep your vault in git or backups. github.com

• Access is limited to the vault folder

  The README says it blocks path traversal, symlink escapes, dotfiles and the .obsidian, .git and node_modules folders. Everything else in the vault is readable. github.com

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