obsidian-mcp-server and vaultforge
About obsidian-mcp-server
smith-and-web/obsidian-mcp-server
MCP server for Obsidian vault management - enables Claude and other AI assistants to read, write, search, and organize your notes
Implements MCP over Server-Sent Events (SSE) transport for remote vault access without local installation, alongside stdio mode for direct integration. Provides granular operations including section-level editing, YAML frontmatter manipulation, regex find-and-replace, and backlink detection, with optional compact response mode to reduce token consumption by 40-60% for large vaults.
About vaultforge
blacksmithers/vaultforge
Local MCP server for Obsidian vault operations — search, intelligence, canvas tools
Implements 27 tools including BM25-ranked full-text search (via Orama), canvas creation with automatic graph layout (dagre), and TF-IDF-based vault theme mapping—all optimized to minimize token consumption by returning semantically dense, ranked results rather than raw dumps. Runs as a stdio-based MCP server with no plugin dependency, designed specifically for AI agent workflows rather than direct human use. Handles batch operations, regex find-and-replace, backlink analysis, and canvas patching with semantic positioning instead of pixel coordinates.
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