Setup guide

Set up mcp-obsidian-advanced in Cline

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Advanced MCP server for interacting with Obsidian via the Local REST API community plugin. It empowers AI agents (like Claude) to deeply understand your vault's structure, links, and content—beyond basic read/write operations.

01Configuration

# mcp-obsidian-advanced: no install method on record yet.

No runnable install method captured for this server yet, so a verified setup config can't be generated.

02Steps

Make sure Cline is installed and up to date.
Open cline_mcp_settings.json and add the block above (merge into any existing mcpServers).
Provide any required API keys/credentials as environment variables.
Restart Cline and confirm mcp-obsidian-advanced’s tools appear.

03Other runtimes

Claude Desktop Cursor Windsurf Continue Goose VS Code OpenAI Agents SDK LangGraph CrewAI

04Provenance

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last_checked2026-06-29 07:50Z

sourcesGitHub repo search [p4]

Next step

Ship mcp-obsidian-advanced to your agents as a governed Loadout — config, scopes, and approval rules in one place.

Build a Loadout

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