update-frontmatter

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

Update frontmatter fields

How to use it

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

Install Obsidian MCP Server

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

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Delete a note (requires confirmation)

Copy a note to a new location

Replace note contents

find-broken-links

Find unresolved wiki-links

find-notes-by-tag

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Find notes linking to a note

get-frontmatter

Get YAML frontmatter as JSON

Get file metadata without reading content

insert-at-marker

Insert at a text marker

List all headings in a note

List all tags with counts

List files and directories

Move/rename a note

read-multiple-notes

Batch read multiple notes

Read note contents (supports frontmatterOnly for efficiency)

Read content under a heading

Remove tags from note

rename-directory

Rename/move a directory

replace-section

Replace section content

search-missing-tag

Find notes missing a tag

Full-text search with context

Write with modes: overwrite, append, or prepend