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Obsidian Semantic Search for Claude Desktop

io.github.dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp

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

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Obsidian Semantic Search in Claude Desktop

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-semantic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dalecb/obsidian-semantic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT": "<OBSIDIAN_VAULT_ROOT>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME": "<OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_MCP_HOME>",
        "OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL": "<OBSIDIAN_EMBED_MODEL>",
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "<OLLAMA_BASE_URL>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX": "<OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_STARTUP_INDEX>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE": "<OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_ALLOW_SENSITIVE>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE": "<OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_EXCLUDE>",
        "OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS": "<OBSIDIAN_SEMANTIC_SENSITIVE_PATHS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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