Obsidian GitHub MCP for VS Code
io.github.sarutobisasuke8/obsidian-github-mcp
A permissioned MCP gateway for agent proposals to a Git-backed Obsidian vault.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Obsidian GitHub MCP in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "vault-mcp-port",
"description": "VAULT_MCP_PORT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "vault-mcp-github-owner",
"description": "VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_OWNER",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "vault-mcp-github-repo",
"description": "VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_REPO",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "vault-mcp-policy-file",
"description": "VAULT_MCP_POLICY_FILE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "vault-mcp-token-file",
"description": "VAULT_MCP_TOKEN_FILE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "github-token",
"description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "github-app-id",
"description": "GITHUB_APP_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "github-app-installation-id",
"description": "GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "github-app-private-key-file",
"description": "GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"obsidian-github-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sarutobi-sasuke/obsidian-github-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VAULT_MCP_PORT": "${input:vault-mcp-port}",
"VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_OWNER": "${input:vault-mcp-github-owner}",
"VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_REPO": "${input:vault-mcp-github-repo}",
"VAULT_MCP_POLICY_FILE": "${input:vault-mcp-policy-file}",
"VAULT_MCP_TOKEN_FILE": "${input:vault-mcp-token-file}",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}",
"GITHUB_APP_ID": "${input:github-app-id}",
"GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID": "${input:github-app-installation-id}",
"GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE": "${input:github-app-private-key-file}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs