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Install obsidian mcp server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-api-key",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-base-url",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-verify-ssl",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_VERIFY_SSL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-request-timeout-ms",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-enable-commands",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_COMMANDS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-read-paths",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_READ_PATHS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-write-paths",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_WRITE_PATHS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-read-only",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_READ_ONLY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "obsidian-omnisearch-url",
      "description": "OBSIDIAN_OMNISEARCH_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-log-level",
      "description": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "obsidian-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "${input:obsidian-api-key}",
        "OBSIDIAN_BASE_URL": "${input:obsidian-base-url}",
        "OBSIDIAN_VERIFY_SSL": "${input:obsidian-verify-ssl}",
        "OBSIDIAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:obsidian-request-timeout-ms}",
        "OBSIDIAN_ENABLE_COMMANDS": "${input:obsidian-enable-commands}",
        "OBSIDIAN_READ_PATHS": "${input:obsidian-read-paths}",
        "OBSIDIAN_WRITE_PATHS": "${input:obsidian-write-paths}",
        "OBSIDIAN_READ_ONLY": "${input:obsidian-read-only}",
        "OBSIDIAN_OMNISEARCH_URL": "${input:obsidian-omnisearch-url}",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "${input:mcp-log-level}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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