Seekstone is a filesystem-direct Obsidian MCP server that gives Claude (and any MCP client) direct read/write access to your Obsidian vault — straight from the filesystem. No running Obsidian instance, no REST API plugin, no proxy.
Most Obsidian MCP servers proxy through the Local REST API plugin, which returns full note content on every search hit — one query on a 2,000-note vault returned 1.75 MB (~450,000 tokens). Seekstone returns ranked ~200-char excerpts instead: 575× smaller payloads, far less context tax, and it works even when Obsidian is closed.
16 tools cover full-text search, scoped reads (by heading/block/line range), writes, link navigation (backlinks/outlinks), tags, and structural edits.
Install: npx -y seekstone
Open source (MIT) · https://seekstone.dev
Tools
search
read_note
list_notes
list_tags
create_note
delete_note
move_note
append_note
patch_frontmatter
outline_note
patch_note
get_backlinks
get_links
replace_in_note
get_periodic_note
append_periodic_note
Server Config
{
"mcpServers": {
"seekstone": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"seekstone"
],
"env": {
"SEEKSTONE_VAULT": "/absolute/path/to/your/obsidian/vault"
}
}
}
}