Install obsidian-sync-mcp 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": {
"es617-obsidian-sync-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"obsidian-sync-mcp@0.5.2"
],
"env": {
"VAULT_PATH": "",
"COUCHDB_URL": "",
"COUCHDB_USER": "",
"COUCHDB_PASSWORD": "YOUR_COUCHDB_PASSWORD",
"COUCHDB_DATABASE": "",
"COUCHDB_PASSPHRASE": "YOUR_COUCHDB_PASSPHRASE",
"COUCHDB_OBFUSCATE_PROPERTIES": "",
"VAULT_NAME": "",
"MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "YOUR_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN",
"BASE_URL": "",
"PORT": ""
}
}
}
}