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MCP on Obsidian

Use Obsidian with community AI plugins that support remote MCP, backed by Onboard.

Obsidian is a Markdown knowledge base. AI features are provided by community plugins; MCP support depends on the plugin you install and its version.

Pattern

  1. Install an Obsidian plugin that explicitly supports MCP over HTTP/SSE (or the transport your build documents).
  2. Configure the plugin’s remote MCP URL to https://rest.onboard.io/mcp/sse as described on MCP setup.
  3. Paste your Onboard API key from Integrations → API into the plugin’s secret or token field—never sync that file to a public vault.

Because plugins vary, follow the plugin author’s UI labels and update cadence.

Security

Vaults are often synced (iCloud, Git, Obsidian Sync). Ensure API keys stay in plugin-local secure storage, not in a shared note. See the Security checklist.

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