smith-and-web/obsidian-mcp-server

v1.3.0 Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

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obsidian sse secrets-management

Affected surfaces

auth

Summary

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Optional API key authentication added to secure MCP endpoints.

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What's New

🔐 API Key Authentication

The server now supports optional API key authentication to secure your MCP endpoints.

Features:

New API_KEY environment variable to enable authentication
Support for Bearer token via Authorization header
Support for api_key query parameter
Health endpoint shows auth status (enabled/disabled)
Fully backward compatible - auth disabled when API_KEY not set

Protected endpoints: /sse (GET/POST), /message (POST)
Public endpoint: /health (GET)

Usage

# Docker
docker run -d \
  -v /path/to/vault:/vault:rw \
  -p 3001:3000 \
  -e VAULT_PATH=/vault \
  -e API_KEY=your-secret-key \
  ghcr.io/smith-and-web/obsidian-mcp-server:latest

# npx
API_KEY=your-secret-key VAULT_PATH=/path/to/vault npx @smith-and-web/obsidian-mcp-server

Client Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://your-domain.com/sse?api_key=your-secret-key"]
    }
  }
}

See the Authentication section in the README for full documentation.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/smith-and-web/obsidian-mcp-server/compare/v1.2.2...v1.3.0

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SSE-enabled MCP server for remote Obsidian vault management with 29 tools for notes, directories, frontmatter, tags, search, and link operations. Docker-ready with health monitoring.

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