Obsidian Note Take Project Setup

Steps Taken

  1. Installed Claude desktop application
  2. Installed required dependencies: brew install uv
  3. Installed the MCP-Obsidian integration:
  4. Installed Obsidian plugin "Local REST API" to enable Claude to interact with Obsidian
  5. Edited Claude configuration to work with Obsidian
  6. Created a separate Claude project called "Obsidian Note Taker"

Project Instructions

The following instructions were set for the Obsidian Note Taker project:

  • Use MCP tools as much as possible to help with note-taking
  • Be concise in responses
  • Create new notes in the 0-inbox folder
  • Always link to new files from the daily note with a brief description of contents
  • The daily notes are located in the Journal File.

Verification

Successfully tested that Claude could interact with Obsidian and save chat output directly to the vault.

Plugins Used

  • Local REST API (required for Claude MCP integration)