where to put the .env file?

[pr0j3c7t0dd]

Hello,

I can run the debugging application fine and connect to data, but where do I put the .env obsidian rest api key in the published version of the Claude mcp config? Should the api key be added to the JSON added to the claude_desktop_config.json?

Thanks.

[pr0j3c7t0dd]

FYI... I also tried something like the following standard from other servers, but it didn't work...

"mcp-obsidian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "[OBSIDIAN REST API KEY HERE]"
      }
    }

[pr0j3c7t0dd]

I also tried the local config, but still getting claude error:

"mcp-obsidian": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "[MY PATH]/mcp-obsidian",
        "run",
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ]
    }

[rahimnathwani]

On MacOS, you can put the .env file in your home directory (e.g. /Users/rahim). The load_dotenv() will look for the .env file in the current directory and, if it doesn't find it, will traverse parent directories until it finds one.

[MarkusPfundstein]

Good point. I asked here: modelcontextprotocol/docs#74

This works for me:

    "mcp-obsidian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-obsidian"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY" : "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_KEY>"
      }
    }

In future debugging, I added the following: When the server can't find the .env, it will print the working directory in the RuntimeError. This should help you to figure out where to put it. Make sure to fetch v0.2.1

[pr0j3c7t0dd]

Thanks, sorry, I think this was a good fix, but I'm having another issue. Please close this and I'll raise another one... Thanks again for your time!

[pr0j3c7t0dd]

I've verified that passing the API key via the following works well!
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_API_KEY" : "<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_KEY>"
}