How do I connect Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server to Claude?

Run `claude mcp add obsidian-hybrid-search -- npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search` in Claude Code, or add the same command and arguments under mcpServers in Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the client. The blocks above are ready to paste.

Is Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server free?

The listed licence is MIT. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.

What can Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server do?

Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server documents 4 tools to the agent, including read, reindex, search. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.

Obsidian Hybrid Search

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Hybrid search for Obsidian vaults via plugin, CLI, and MCP server

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01 / Choose your client

02 / Before you connect

Authentication is not specified. Check the project instructions before connecting.

Install the runtime required by the project and make it available to your client.

Project instructionsEnvironment variable names (optional)

Use names from the project instructions, separated by commas. Enter names only, never secret values.

03 / Add the configuration

Source: generated from public install instructions

claude mcp add --transport stdio 'obsidian-hybrid-search' -- 'npx' '-y' 'obsidian-hybrid-search'

Run in your terminal after replacing any placeholders.

04 / Check it in your client

Open your client’s MCP settings and confirm the server connects and lists its tools. A copied configuration does not confirm a working connection.

mcpobsidiansearchsemantic-searchsqlitevector-search

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Documented tools (4)

From project documentation. A server handshake does not verify each tool’s description or behavior.

read

Fetch one or more notes by vault-relative path. Returns full content, title, aliases, tags, links, and backlinks. On path miss: returns found: false with top-3 fuzzy suggestions. Accepts a single path or an array. Use snippetlength to cap content size

reindex

Reindex the vault or a specific file

search

Search the vault. Use query for text search (mode: hybrid/semantic/fulltext/title) or path for semantic similarity. Combine path with related: true for graph traversal. Pass queries[] for multi-query fan-out (parallel search, RRF merge). Supports scope, tag, limit, threshold, depth, direction, snipp

status

Show total notes, indexed count, last indexed time

Tool change history

Compared across complete checks of the same configuration. Tools were listed, not invoked. Input-schema changes are not measured here.

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Questions about Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server

How do I connect Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server to Claude?: Run `claude mcp add obsidian-hybrid-search -- npx -y obsidian-hybrid-search` in Claude Code, or add the same command and arguments under mcpServers in Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the client. The blocks above are ready to paste.
Is Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server free?: The listed licence is MIT. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.
What can Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server do?: Obsidian Hybrid Search MCP Server documents 4 tools to the agent, including read, reindex, search. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.