wholeWord
wrap the pattern in \b…\b; works in both literal and regex modes
How to use it
wholeWord is exposed by the Obsidian MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the wholeWord tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Obsidian MCP Server
docker run --rm -e OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=your-key -p 3010:3010 obsidian-mcp-serverOther tools in Obsidian MCP Server (21)
when false, match case-insensitively
substitute any run of whitespace in search with \s+. Literal mode only — has no effect when useRegex: true (express it directly).
JSONLogic tree evaluated against path, content, frontmatter.<key>, tags, and stat.{ctime,mtime,size}; custom glob and regexp operators
Append content to a note. Without section, creates the file if missing. With section, appends to a specific heading, block, or frontmatter field (file must exist).
Permanently delete a note. Elicits human confirmation when the client supports it.
Execute an Obsidian command-palette command by ID. Opt-in via OBSIDIANENABLECOMMANDS=true.
Read a note as raw content, full structured form (content + frontmatter + tags + stat, with optional outgoing links), structural document map, or a single section.
List Obsidian command-palette commands, optionally filtered by nameRegex on display name. Opt-in via OBSIDIANENABLECOMMANDS=true (paired with obsidianexecutecommand).
List notes and subdirectories under a vault path. Recursive walk (default depth 2, max depth 20; 1000-entry cap) with optional extension and nameRegex filters.
List every tag found across the vault with usage counts, including hierarchical parents. Optional nameRegex post-filters the result set.
Atomic get / set / delete on a single frontmatter key.
Add, remove, or list tags. Defaults to the frontmatter tags: array; location: 'inline' or 'both' opts into mutating the note body.
Open a file in the Obsidian app UI, with failIfMissing and newLeaf toggles.
Surgical append / prepend / replace against a heading, block reference, or frontmatter field.
Body-wide search-replace inside a single note. Literal or regex matching with whole-word, whitespace-flexible, and case-sensitivity options; supports capture-group replacement.
Search the vault by text, JSONLogic, or BM25-ranked Omnisearch (when the plugin is reachable). Results paginate via opaque cursors.
Create a note, replace a single section in place, or — with overwrite: true — clobber an existing file. Refuses whole-file writes against an existing path by default.
BM25-ranked search via the community Omnisearch plugin. Supports quoted phrases, -exclusion, path: / ext: filters, typo tolerance, and PDF + OCR coverage (via Text Extractor). Only present in the mode enum when the plugin's HTTP server is reachable at startup; the upstream hard-caps results at 50 —
when false, only the first match is replaced
substring match with surrounding context windows. contextLength controls characters of context per side of each match (default 100; bump it for more context per hit). Optional pathPrefix filter (text mode only — passing pathPrefix in any other mode is rejected with pathprefixinvalidmode).
treat search as an ECMAScript regex. With useRegex: true, the replacement honors $1 / $& capture-group references.