For non-developers
What can Claude do with Obsidian?
Imagine asking your AI: 'Find my notes about that product launch idea' or 'Create a daily note with today's tasks' — and it reads and writes your Obsidian vault directly. This server connects your AI to your local Obsidian vault so it can search, read, create, and update markdown notes.
★ Hand-picked walkthrough
Claude + Obsidian: your personal AI ecosystem (MCP)
Things you can ask Claude
Search your whole vault
Find notes across your whole vault by content, tag, or linked concept.
Say to Claude
Find all my notes tagged #product-ideas and summarize the main themes Capture a daily note
Create or append to daily notes with conversation output.
Say to Claude
Create today's daily note with a summary of what I worked on and tomorrow's priorities Synthesize related notes
Pull related notes and let AI generate a new synthesis note.
Say to Claude
Find all my notes about product-market fit and synthesize them into a single essay note When it helps
- ✓You use Obsidian as your knowledge base and want AI to help navigate it
- ✓You want to capture new notes from conversation without context-switching
- ✓You're building a second-brain workflow with AI-assisted synthesis
- ✓You need to search across a large vault by topic, tag, or link
FAQ
Can Claude use Obsidian?
Yes. With the Obsidian MCP connector (an MCP server), Claude can work with Obsidian directly in your conversation — Obsidian vault MCP server — read, write, and search your Obsidian notes through AI for knowledge management at scale.
Do I need to code to use Obsidian with Claude?
No. You install the connector once (a short config or one command), then you just ask Claude in plain English. The example prompts on this page work as-is.
How do I add Obsidian to Claude?
Open the Obsidian connector page for copy-paste setup, or follow the per-client guide for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or ChatGPT.
Set up Obsidian in Claude
Copy-paste config, setup steps, and a downloadable skill, plus the walkthrough — on the connector page.