Obsidian Hybrid Search

Productivity npm v0.17.4

Search Obsidian vaults with hybrid full-text, fuzzy, semantic, and graph retrieval.

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Install

Pin version registry version 0.17.4

npm
npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search

npm
npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.4

Setup by client

Pick your client — the config below is generated for this server (local stdio). Copy respects the “Pin version” switch above.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Format verified against the official Claude Desktop docs ↗.

terminal

claude mcp add --env OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH> --env OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY> obsidian-hybrid-search -- npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search

claude mcp add --env OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH> --env OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY> obsidian-hybrid-search -- npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.4

Format verified against the official Claude Code docs ↗.

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Format verified against the official Cursor docs ↗.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Format verified against the official VS Code docs ↗.

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian-hybrid-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-hybrid-search@0.17.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Format verified against the official Windsurf docs ↗.

Environment variables

Defined in the server's official registry manifest. Required secrets are shown as <YOUR_…> placeholders in the configs above.

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH required — Absolute path to the Obsidian vault to index and search.
OBSIDIAN_PREFIX — Optional prefix for MCP tool names when configuring multiple vaults.
OBSIDIAN_IGNORE_PATTERNS — Comma-separated glob patterns to exclude from indexing.
OBSIDIAN_RESPECT_GITIGNORE — Read applicable .gitignore files and repository info/exclude rules when indexing; set to false, 0, or no to disable both.
OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_PATTERNS — Comma-separated patterns to re-include notes ignored only by Git ignore rules.
OBSIDIAN_CONTENT_IGNORE_PATTERNS — Comma-separated regex rules for note body text to leave out of search, e.g. /%%[\s\S]*?%%/g. Original files and read stay unchanged.
OPENAI_API_KEY secret — Optional API key for OpenAI-compatible remote embeddings; omit to use local embeddings.
OPENAI_BASE_URL — Optional OpenAI-compatible API base URL for OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, or similar providers.

GitHub

⭐ 110 stars · 最近更新于 31 天前 · MIT license

About this server

Obsidian Hybrid Search / Your Obsidian vault already contains your best thinking. Obsidian Hybrid Search makes that thinking easier to find, reuse, and bring into AI assisted…

Summary from the project README — github.com/flowing-abyss/obsidian-hybrid-search

Distributed as npm, listed under Productivity. Review our MCP security guide before granting access to real data.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP server do?

Obsidian Hybrid Search / Your Obsidian vault already contains your best thinking. Obsidian Hybrid Search makes that thinking easier to find, reuse, and bring into AI assisted

How do I install Obsidian Hybrid Search?

Run the install command shown above, then paste the config for your client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Windsurf) into its MCP settings and restart the client.

Is Obsidian Hybrid Search free to use?

The MCP server itself is free to install. The source is public on https://github.com/flowing-abyss/obsidian-hybrid-search. Any third-party service it calls may require its own API key and account.

Which clients support Obsidian Hybrid Search?

Any MCP-compatible client can use it, including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and custom agents.

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