ObsidianFetch

MCP servers focused on fetching and presenting information from Obsidian vaults.

The existing MCP server has the following drawbacks:

• It supports many commands, which can cause slow prompt loading when computational resources are limited.
• When reading a note labeled “Sample Note”, it is necessary to search for its path first before loading it, but the LLM may not always follow this procedure.
• Some tools include unnecessary options, leading the LLM to sometimes fail to invoke them correctly.

These issues become particularly noticeable when running an LLM on a local GPU.
To address this, we developed a new MCP server that simply retrieves and loads lists of notes.

The new server also provides the following additional features:

• When the LLM attempts to retrieve link information by searching with brackets like [[link name]], the server automatically removes any characters that cannot be used in links.
• In addition to loading the note contents, it also displays backlinks—notes that link to the currently opened note.
  • This allows the LLM to load and understand the connections between related notes via backlinks.

Installation

gem install obsidian_fetch

Usage

obsidian_fetch /path/to/your/vault

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/soukouki/obsidian_fetch.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.