readNote

MCP tool from Obsidian MCP Rest by PublikPrinciple

Read the contents of a specific note

How to use it

readNote is exposed by the Obsidian MCP Rest MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the readNote tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Obsidian MCP Rest

$npm install -g PublikPrinciple/obsidian-mcp-rest

FULL OBSIDIAN MCP REST LISTING

Other tools in Obsidian MCP Rest (4)

getMetadata

Get metadata for a specific note

listNotes

List all notes in the vault or a specific folder

searchNotes

Search for notes using a query string

writeNote

Create or update a note