Obsidian GitHub

Connect AI assistants to your GitHub-hosted Obsidian vault to seamlessly access, search, and analyze your knowledge base.

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What it can do

  • GetFileContents: Retrieve the contents of a specific note, document, or file from your Obsidian vault stored in GitHub (hoffination/Ben-Personal). Perfect for accessing your knowledge base content.
  • SearchFiles: Search for notes, documents, and files within your Obsidian vault on GitHub (hoffination/Ben-Personal). Find specific knowledge base content using GitHub's powerful search syntax. Support
  • SearchIssues: Search for issues and discussions in your Obsidian vault repository (hoffination/Ben-Personal). Great for tracking tasks, project management, and collaborative knowledge work.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Connect AI assistants to your GitHub-hosted Obsidian vault to seamlessly access, search, and analyze your knowledge base. Enable intelligent retrieval of notes, track the evolution of your ideas, and integrate project management workflows. Enhance productivity for knowledge workers, developers, and academics by bridging your Obsidian notes with AI capabilities.

How to connect

How to connect Obsidian GitHub to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://obsidian-github-mcp--hint-services.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Obsidian GitHub to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://obsidian-github-mcp--hint-services.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Obsidian GitHub to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://obsidian-github-mcp--hint-services.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (4)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

getFileContentsRetrieve the contents of a specific note, document, or file from your Obsidian vault stored in GitHub (hoffination/Ben-Personal). Perfect for accessing your knowledge base content.
searchFilesSearch for notes, documents, and files within your Obsidian vault on GitHub (hoffination/Ben-Personal). Find specific knowledge base content using GitHub's powerful search syntax. Supports searching in filenames, paths, and content.
searchIssuesSearch for issues and discussions in your Obsidian vault repository (hoffination/Ben-Personal). Great for tracking tasks, project management, and collaborative knowledge work.
getCommitHistoryTrack the evolution of your Obsidian vault knowledge base by retrieving commit history from GitHub (hoffination/Ben-Personal). See how your notes and ideas have developed over time with detailed diffs.