Obsidian Semantic Search MCP Server: Tools, Setup for Claude Code, Cursor & More
Read-only semantic search MCP server for Obsidian vaults using local Ollama embeddings.
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Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Supports local MCP servers.
Client does not support this transport.
Client does not support this transport.
Install Obsidian Semantic Search MCP
Claude Code
- 1
Copy this prompt.
Add the Obsidian Semantic Search MCP server to Claude Code. Run this command: claude mcp add obsidian-semantic-search -e OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT=<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT> -- npx -y @dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp Ask me for OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT and only put the values in that config, nowhere else. Then check that it loaded and tell me if I need to sign in or restart.
- 2
Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.
Requires Node.js.
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Tools
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Security advisories
none published
No published security advisories as of Nov 1, 2026.
Information
updated Nov 2, 2026
- Publisher
- Community
- Package
@dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp- Registry
- npm
- Transport
- stdio
- Version
- 0.2.1
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Aug 6, 2026
- Open issues
- 0
- Listed in
- Official MCP registry
