Yesterday I learned about MCP (Model Context Protocol): “an open-source protocol developed by Anthropic that enables AI systems like Claude to securely connect with various data sources”. A quick search on mcp.so gives me 24 MCP servers targeted to Obsidian. I’m curious to learn how this could ben…

Showcased thread: [image] Automate Note Generation in Obsidian with Claude Desktop and MCP Servers Share & showcase Today I’m going to show you how to supercharge your Obsidian workflow using the Model Context Protocol. I’ll demonstrate how to automate your note-taking pr…

I watched this, but it’s totally Windows based. As a not too technical Mac person I wouldn’t know how to convert this into usable knowledge. But thanks anyway.

After watching several video’s I think this one from Paul Dickson was the easiest to follow (albeit a bit long).

[image] richardk: I watched this, but it’s totally Windows based. As a not too technical Mac person I wouldn’t know how to convert this into usable knowledge. But thanks anyway. Hey guys, Thank you for the shout out :wink: If you’re looking for a Mac based tutorial Zen van Riel video is a g…

Thanks so much for this. That screenshot w/the obsidian plugins was just what I couldn’t figure out to get search_vault_smart working. Great API plugin, and a great MCP functionality, now working on Cline + GPT4.1 + Obsidian as a bleeding edge “AI OS”

Dear Paul, thank you so much for your effort and very useful videos. Let me just share my experience with MCP so far. I have tried MCP with Claude desktop and another host called a msty studio. My experience is one of disappointment when it comes to summarization and tabulations. I think one of …

[image] lakshan: MCP may be good for note creation but I don’t use AI to create my notes. My typical use case would be to search for ideas and links that I might have missed. Hi Lakshan, Thank you for sharing your experiences with MCP +Claude. My experience with MCP with Claude Desktop has b…

[image] lakshan: MCP may be good for note creation but I don’t use AI to create my notes. My typical use case would be to search for ideas and links that I might have missed. My typical use case is to ask the agent to summarize everything I did last week, looking up all the notes in the journ…

[image] cristian: My typical use case is to ask the agent to summarize everything I did last week, looking up all the notes in the journal, with links and all. Hi Cristian, I think that’s a great use case and one that I can see being really useful. Instead of relying on data view queries or …

The results are useful until now, I think it needs a lot of experimentation. Summarization of the Journal, or the latest updates. other use case is to write analysis in the form of text and link summaries (something like a TOC), . In my case Is sometimes difficult to know what’s inside the vault, …

Obsidian MCP servers: experiences and recommendations?

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