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Obsidian Semantic Search

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

DalecBdalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp★ 1Updated Jun 3, 2026

server.json

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.DalecB/obsidian-semantic-mcp",
  "description": "Read-only semantic search MCP server for Obsidian vaults using local Ollama embeddings.",
  "title": "Obsidian Semantic Search",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/DalecB/obsidian-semantic-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "0.2.1",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "npm",
      "identifier": "@dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp",
      "version": "0.2.1",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "description": "Absolute path to the local Obsidian vault.",
          "isRequired": true,
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT"
        },
        {
          "description": "Directory for the external SQLite index, logs, and cache.",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME"
        },
        {
          "description": "Ollama embedding model name. Defaults to bge-m3.",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL"
        },
        {
          "description": "Ollama API base URL. Defaults to http://localhost:11434.",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OLLAMA_BASE_URL"
        },
        {
          "description": "Set to true to run incremental indexing when the server starts.",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX"
        },
        {
          "description": "Set to true to allow include_sensitive tool calls.",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE"
        },
        {
          "description": "Comma- or newline-separated folders to always exclude from indexing, search, and read.",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE"
        },
        {
          "description": "Comma- or newline-separated folders treated as sensitive (blocked unless unlocked). Defaults to 08_PersonalInfo/.",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Permissions

DeclaredDetected
Runs code—node
Installs—npm:@dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp@0.2.1
Runs install scripts—None
NetworkNoneNone
Needs credentialsNoneNone
Outside the workspace—None
Agent tools—None

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Versions

  1. #10.2.1latestOct 7, 2026