get-notes-info

MCP tool from Obsidian MCP Server by smith-and-web

Get file metadata without reading content

How to use it

Project documentation lists get-notes-info for the Obsidian MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.

Install Obsidian MCP Server

$npx mcp-remote http://localhost:3001/sse
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add-tags

Add tags to frontmatter or inline

append-to-file

Append to end of file

append-to-section

Append to a section

audit-tags

Audit folder for required tags

create-directory

Create a new directory

create-note

Create a new note

delete-directory

Delete a directory (with recursive option)

delete-note

Delete a note (requires confirmation)

duplicate-note

Copy a note to a new location

edit-note

Replace note contents

find-broken-links

Find unresolved wiki-links

find-notes-by-tag

Find notes with a specific tag

find-replace

Bulk find and replace

get-backlinks

Find notes linking to a note

get-frontmatter

Get YAML frontmatter as JSON

insert-at-marker

Insert at a text marker

list-headings

List all headings in a note

list-tags

List all tags with counts

list-vault

List files and directories

move-note

Move/rename a note

read-multiple-notes

Batch read multiple notes

read-note

Read note contents (supports frontmatterOnly for efficiency)

read-section

Read content under a heading

remove-tags

Remove tags from note

rename-directory

Rename/move a directory

replace-section

Replace section content

search-missing-tag

Find notes missing a tag

search-vault

Full-text search with context

update-frontmatter

Update frontmatter fields

write-note

Write with modes: overwrite, append, or prepend