obsidian_read_note
Read a bounded page of a note and return its SHA-256 etag.
How to use it
obsidian_read_note is exposed by the Obsidian MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the obsidian_read_note 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/vaultOther tools in Obsidian MCP (11)
Add tags to one or more notes atomically.
Transactionally create a directory inside a vault.
Atomically create a note without overwriting.
Move a note to MCP trash or permanently delete it with explicit confirmation.
Append, prepend, or replace exact note content.
List configured vault ids without exposing host paths.
Unified add/remove tag workflow using the same implementation.
Move or rename a note and update unambiguous backlinks transactionally.
Remove exact, nested, or wildcard-selected tags atomically.
Rename a tag across the vault atomically.
Search content, filenames, or tags with bounded cursor pagination.