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vault mcp tools for Claude Desktop

io.github.afable702/vault-mcp-tools

Complete Obsidian vault MCP server. 35 tools: notes, search, graph, tags, canvas.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install vault mcp tools in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vault-mcp-tools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vault-mcp-tools"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_TOKEN": "<OBSIDIAN_REST_TOKEN>",
        "OBSIDIAN_REST_PORT": "<OBSIDIAN_REST_PORT>",
        "OBSIDIAN_TRANSPORT": "<OBSIDIAN_TRANSPORT>",
        "OBSIDIAN_HTTP_PORT": "<OBSIDIAN_HTTP_PORT>",
        "OBSIDIAN_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN": "<OBSIDIAN_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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