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Obsidian Semantic Search

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

by io.github.DalecBv0.2.1GitHub npm

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The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Local command

npx -y @dalecb/[email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT — Absolute path to the local Obsidian vault.
OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME — Directory for the external SQLite index, logs, and cache.
OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL — Ollama embedding model name. Defaults to bge-m3.
OLLAMA_BASE_URL — Ollama API base URL. Defaults to http://localhost:11434.
OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX — Set to true to run incremental indexing when the server starts.
OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE — Set to true to allow include_sensitive tool calls.
OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE — Comma- or newline-separated folders to always exclude from indexing, search, and read.
OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS — Comma- or newline-separated folders treated as sensitive (blocked unless unlocked). Defaults to 08_PersonalInfo/.

Provider

Claude Code

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT=<value> OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME=<value> OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL=<value> OLLAMA_BASE_URL=<value> OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX=<value> OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE=<value> OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE=<value> OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS=<value> claude mcp add io.github.dalecb-obsidian-semantic-mcp -- npx -y @dalecb/[email protected]

Run in a terminal.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.dalecb-obsidian-semantic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dalecb/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT": "<value>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME": "<value>",
        "OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL": "<value>",
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "<value>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX": "<value>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE": "<value>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE": "<value>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS": "<value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

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