obsidian_read_note

MCP tool from Obsidian MCP by StevenStavrakis

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

How to use it

Project documentation lists obsidian_read_note for the Obsidian MCP 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

$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_directory

Transactionally create a directory inside a vault.

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_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.