Vault Cortex Obsidian MCP Server
Standalone MCP server for Obsidian vaults - hybrid search (FTS5 + vector + cross-encoder reranking), images and PDFs in agent-readable form, Kanban-aware tasks (Tasks-plugin + Dataview formats), structured memory with topic recall, fine-grained read/write tools for optimal token efficiency, and link graph support. Run locally, self-host, or one-click deploy for remote access. OAuth 2.1.
Install
npx -y vault-cortex
Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
{
"mcpServers": {
"vault-cortex": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vault-cortex"
],
"env": {
"LOG_LEVEL": "<LOG_LEVEL>",
"PUBLIC_URL": "<PUBLIC_URL>",
"VAULT_PATH": "<VAULT_PATH>",
"INDEX_DB_PATH": "<INDEX_DB_PATH>",
"MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "<MCP_AUTH_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
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