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KObsidian MCP Server

by Bezata
ProductivityUse Caution4.8MCP RegistryLocal
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Filesystem-first MCP for Obsidian — an LLM-maintained wiki inspired by Karpathy's LLM Wiki.

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Filesystem-first MCP for Obsidian — an LLM-maintained wiki inspired by Karpathy's LLM Wiki.

Security Report

4.8
Use Caution4.8High Risk

kObsidian is a well-structured, filesystem-first MCP server for Obsidian with strong security practices. The codebase demonstrates proper input validation, secure credential handling via environment variables, and appropriate permission scoping. Minor code quality findings (broad exception handling, potential null safety edge cases) do not significantly impact the score. Permissions align well with the server's purpose of managing Obsidian vaults and orchestrating the LLM Wiki pattern. Supply chain analysis found 5 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

3 files analyzed · 11 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

File System Read

Reads files on your machine. Normal for tools that analyze or process local data.

File System Write

Writes or modifies files on your machine. Check that this is expected for the tool.

file_system

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

process_spawn

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Absolute path to the Obsidian vault this server should operate on.Optional

Environment variable: OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH

Base URL of the Obsidian Local REST API plugin. Only required for workspace.* / commands.* / live dataview.query* tools.Optional

Environment variable: OBSIDIAN_API_URL

Set to 'true' if you've trusted the Local REST API's self-signed certificate.Optional

Environment variable: OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS

Bearer key for the Obsidian Local REST API plugin (only needed for REST-bridged tools).Required

Environment variable: OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-bezata-kobsidian-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_URL": "your-obsidian-api-url-here",
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "your-obsidian-vault-path-here",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_API_KEY": "your-obsidian-rest-api-key-here",
        "OBSIDIAN_API_VERIFY_TLS": "your-obsidian-api-verify-tls-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kobsidian-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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