This is a connector to allow Claude Desktop (or any MCP client) to read and search an Obsidian vault. This will also work for any Markdown directory.
Make sure Claude Desktop is installed.
Then, simply modify your Claude Desktop config locationed here:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
If you don't have this config, you can create an empty file at this location.
Add the following to the mcpServers
array, replacing <path-to-your-vault>
with the path to your Obsidian vault.
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-obsidian",
"<path-to-your-vault>"
]
}
}
}
Then, start Claude Desktop and you should see the following MCP tools listed: