Install vault-mcp-tools for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"afable702-obsidian-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vault-mcp-tools@1.0.1"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "",
"OBSIDIAN_REST_TOKEN": "YOUR_OBSIDIAN_REST_TOKEN",
"OBSIDIAN_REST_PORT": "",
"OBSIDIAN_TRANSPORT": "",
"OBSIDIAN_HTTP_PORT": "",
"OBSIDIAN_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN": "YOUR_OBSIDIAN_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}