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mcp/iogithubcyanheadsobsidian-mcp-server/install/claude-desktop

install io.github.cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server on Claude Desktop

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.

paste into
macos: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
linux: ~/.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"
      }
    }
  }
}
then: Quit Claude Desktop completely (Cmd/Ctrl+Q) and reopen it.
other clients
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