Requires the runtime declared in the upstream repo — check the README before running. Claude Desktop only speaks stdio locally; HTTP servers are wrapped via npx mcp-remote automatically. Paste the config below, then follow the reload step to register io.github.cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian": {
"command": "bunx",
"args": [
"obsidian-mcp-server@latest"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
"MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "your-local-rest-api-key"
}
}
}
}