MCPVault

obsidian_create_directory

MCP tool from Obsidian MCP by StevenStavrakis

Transactionally create a directory inside a vault.

How to use it

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

Install Obsidian MCP

$npx -y obsidian-mcp@2 serve --vault notes=/absolute/path/to/vault
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Other tools in Obsidian MCP (11)

obsidian_add_tags

Add tags to one or more notes atomically.

obsidian_create_note

Atomically create a note without overwriting.

obsidian_delete_note

Move a note to MCP trash or permanently delete it with explicit confirmation.

obsidian_edit_note

Append, prepend, or replace exact note content.

obsidian_list_vaults

List configured vault ids without exposing host paths.

obsidian_manage_tags

Unified add/remove tag workflow using the same implementation.

obsidian_move_note

Move or rename a note and update unambiguous backlinks transactionally.

obsidian_read_note

Read a bounded page of a note and return its SHA-256 etag.

obsidian_remove_tags

Remove exact, nested, or wildcard-selected tags atomically.

obsidian_rename_tag

Rename a tag across the vault atomically.

obsidian_search_vault

Search content, filenames, or tags with bounded cursor pagination.