Obsidian Nexus

Connects directly to your local Obsidian vault for seamless note management and data organization.

Connect Claude Desktop directly to your Obsidian vault for seamless note management and intelligent family data organization.

Obsidian Nexus is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives Claude Desktop direct access to your Obsidian vault. Simply configure your vault path and start managing your family's notes, todos, and knowledge base through natural conversation with Claude.

- Read, write, and append to any note in your vault
- Automatic folder creation and organization
- Full markdown support with Obsidian linking

- Search across all notes with context excerpts
- List notes by directory or pattern
- Find information instantly through natural queries

- Pre-configured folder structure for family data
- Support for Daily Notes, Family members, and Themes
- Zero setup - just point to your vault

- No API keys required - Claude Desktop does the AI processing
- Local-only file operations for privacy
- Automatic vault structure creation

git clone https://github.com/nkriman/obsidian-nexus cd obsidian-nexus npm install

Editconfig.yamland set your vault path:

# Update this path to your Obsidian vault vault_path: "/Users/yourname/Documents/Obsidian/YourVault" # Optional: Configure family members family: people: ["Nick", "Sarah", "Leo", "Mia"]

Add to your MCP settings (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{ "mcpServers": { "obsidian-nexus": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/obsidian-nexus/src/index.js"] } } }

That's it! Claude can now access your Obsidian vault.

read_note path="Family/Leo.md"

write_note path="Daily Notes/2025-06-22.md" content="# Today's Activities..."

append_to_note path="Family/Leo.md" content="## School Update\nGot an A on math test!"

search_notes query="doctor appointment"

Obsidian Nexus automatically creates this organized structure:

YourVault/ ├── Daily Notes/ │ └── 2025-06-22.md # Daily family logs ├── Family/ │ ├── Leo.md # Individual family member notes │ ├── Mia.md │ └── Nick.md ├── Themes/ │ ├── Medical.md # Topical organization │ ├── School.md │ └── Travel.md ├── inbox/ │ └── quick-notes.md # Temporary storage └── config/ └── obsidian-nexus.yaml # Local configuration

"Create a note for today about Leo's soccer practice and Mia's piano lesson"
- CreateDaily Notes/2025-06-22.md
- Add structured content about both activities
- Link to individual family member notes

"When was Leo's last doctor appointment and what did they say?"
- Search across all notes for "Leo" + "doctor"
- Find relevant excerpts with context
- Provide a summary with source citations

"Help me organize all the medical information scattered across my notes"
- Search for medical-related content
- Create organized theme notes
- Update family member notes with proper links

vault_path: "/path/to/your/vault" # Required: Your Obsidian vault path family: people: ["Name1", "Name2"] # Optional: Family member tracking templates: daily_note: "Daily Notes/{{date}}.md" person_note: "Family/{{person}}.md" theme_note: "Themes/{{theme}}.md"

structure: create_folders: true # Auto-create folder structure use_daily_notes: true # Enable daily notes pattern backup_files: true # Keep backups of modified files

- Track kids' activities, appointments, and milestones
- Organize medical records and school communications
- Create searchable family knowledge base

- Research note organization and synthesis
- Project documentation and planning
- Learning logs and study materials

- Meeting notes and action items
- Project documentation and progress tracking
- Team knowledge sharing and collaboration

- Claude understands context and relationships
- Automatic note structure and linking
- Intelligent content synthesis

- Natural language commands vs. manual clicking
- Instant search across entire vault
- Batch operations and smart suggestions

- Works alongside Obsidian app
- Preserves all Obsidian features and plugins
- Standard markdown - no vendor lock-in

"Configuration file not found"

- Ensureconfig.yamlexists in project root
- Check vault path is absolute and correct

- Verify the path points to a valid directory
- Create the directory if it doesn't exist

- Check file/folder permissions on vault directory
- Ensure Obsidian app isn't locking files

# Test the server directly node src/index.js # Check configuration vault_status

- Local-only processing- no cloud dependencies
- File-based operations- standard markdown files
- No API keys required- Claude Desktop handles AI processing
- Open source- full code transparency

- Advanced templating system
- Plugin integration support
- Multi-vault management
- Real-time sync with Obsidian app
- Advanced search with tags and metadata
- Export/import utilities
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch
- Add tests for new functionality
- Submit a pull request

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

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