mkemeter/obsidian-vaultgate-mcp

tools

• backlinks

  Notes that link to a given note

• clear_index

  Delete the cache and rebuild from scratch (last-resort reset)

• daily_append

  Append content to today's daily note

• daily_open

  Open today's daily note in the Obsidian GUI

• daily_read

  Read today's daily note

• dev_console

  Console log output from Obsidian (requires dev:debug on first — run once via eval)

• dev_css

  Computed CSS for a DOM selector

• dev_dom

  DOM subtree of the Obsidian window

• dev_errors

  Recent errors from the Obsidian console

• dev_mobile

  Toggle mobile viewport emulation

• dev_screenshot

  Capture a screenshot of the Obsidian window

• files_list

  List all notes in the vault

• files_read

  Read the full content of a note

• find_similar

  Find notes semantically similar to a given path

• index_vault

  Force a full re-index without discarding the existing cache

• note_append

  Append content to an existing note

• note_create

  Create a new note (use path= for subfolder locations)

• note_open

  Open a note in the Obsidian GUI. Accepts path (vault-root) or file (wikilink name); optional heading or block to scroll to a location

• note_prepend

  Prepend content to an existing note

• note_trash

  Move a note to the system trash (recoverable)

• note_update

  Replace the full content of an existing note

• plugin_reload

  Reload a community plugin by ID

• plugins_list

  Installed community plugins

• property_read

  Read a specific YAML frontmatter property by name

• property_set

  Set or update a YAML frontmatter property

• search

  Full-text search across the vault

• search_open

  Open the Obsidian search panel with a pre-filled query

• semantic_search

  Natural language search ranked by meaning (requires @xenova/transformers)

• tags

  All tags across the vault

• tasks_all

  All tasks (complete and incomplete)

• tasks_daily

  Incomplete tasks from today's daily note

• tasks_pending

  Incomplete tasks only

• templates_apply

  Apply a template to a note

• templates_list

  List available templates (requires core Templates plugin — see note below)

• unresolved

  Wikilinks pointing to non-existent notes

• vault_context

  Read vault conventions from VAULTGATE.md (fallback if conventions were not delivered at session start)

• vault_context_set

  Create or update VAULTGATE.md — the vault conventions file read by AI assistants at session start

• vault_info

  Indexed note count and last-indexed timestamp