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    {
      "Title": "Smithery distribution: package as .mcpb bundle for stdio publishing",
      "Excerpt": "Smithery is an MCP catalog (smithery.ai) with two publishing paths:\n\n- **URL** — for streamable-HTTP servers. Not applicable; this server is stdio.\n- **Local (MCPB Bundle)** — for stdio servers. Smithery distributes a pre-built `.mcpb` bundle that clients download and run locally.\n\nTo list on Smithery, we need to ship an MCPB bundle.\n\n### What MCPB requires\n\nPer Anthropic's [Build a desktop extension with MCPB](https://github.com/anthropics/dxt) docs and the [MCPB spec](https://github.com/modelc",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/40",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-17T05:15:34.000Z",
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      "Title": "README lede rewrite: lead with the Claude Desktop capture workflow",
      "Excerpt": "Source: \"Grill resolutions (2026-05-21)\" in `docs/ideas/discoverability-positioning.md`.\n\n## What to build\n\nReplace the implementation-first README opening (currently \"MCP server that wraps the Obsidian CLI…\") with a workflow-first lede aimed at the hero audience: **Claude Desktop users who want chat-to-vault capture.**\n\nHook: **\"Start in Claude Desktop, not Obsidian.\"** Do your thinking in chat; when something's worth keeping, say \"save this to my vault\" and Claude lands it in the right place u",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/70",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-22T13:54:40.000Z",
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      "Title": "Vault switch: first verb call after vault=NAME change can return 'command not found' for an existing verb",
      "Excerpt": "## Found in\nWave 3 sniff test (PR #55 / #14), test T13.\n\n## Symptom\nAfter routing `vault=tyee` then cleaning up, the first `vault=scarp create path=... content=...` returned:\n\n```\nError: Command \"create\" not found. Did you mean: base:create, templater:create-from-template?\n```\n\nBut `vault=scarp help` immediately after lists `create`. Retrying the identical create command then succeeded. The scarp Obsidian window was not open when the test started — the first route appears to have opened/woken it",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/57",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-20T06:22:28.000Z",
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      "Title": "obsidian_help: 'bases' doc slug unreachable — verb-wins collision swallows it",
      "Excerpt": "## Found in\nWave 3 sniff test (PR #55 / #14), test T3.\n\n## Symptom\n`obsidian_help({ topic: \"bases\" })` returns the live CLI verb help for `bases` (`bases — List all base files in vault`) instead of the Kepano Bases reference doc. The reference doc (comparison operators, filter/formula functions, view types, `.base` YAML example) is **unreachable** through `obsidian_help`.\n\n## Cause\n`bases` is both a live CLI verb AND a doc slug. The documented collision rule (`docs/briefs/deepen-architecture.md`",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/56",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-20T06:22:21.000Z",
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      "Title": "manifest parser over-collects English words as verbs under Discover",
      "Excerpt": "## What\n\nCosmetic. `obsidian_help()` no-arg returns a category-grouped verb index. Under the **Discover** category, capitalized English words like `Most`, `Quote`, `Use` appear as verb entries. They are not real verbs — the parser in \\`lib/manifest.js\\` is picking up sentence-leading words from \\`obsidian help\\` blurb text.\n\nSurfaced during Gate C sniff test (T1, happy path).\n\n## Expected\n\nVerb index contains only real CLI verbs. Blurb prose is skipped.\n\n## Likely cause\n\n\\`parseHelpOutput\\` rege",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/53",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-19T16:07:02.000Z",
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      "Title": "pass-through validation ordering when Obsidian is down",
      "Excerpt": "## What\n\nOpen question / likely bug. When Obsidian.app is not running:\n- Pass-through call `obsidian({command: \\\"move dest=foo to=bar\\\"})` returns `EXECUTION_ERROR: The CLI is unable to find Obsidian` rather than the `dest=` → `to=` validation drift hint.\n\nWhen Obsidian IS running (Gate C happy path):\n- Same call correctly returns the validation hint *before* any CLI call.\n\n## Expected\n\n`manifest.validate(args)` is supposed to fire pre-CLI. The user is most likely to need a self-correctable hint",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/52",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-19T16:06:53.000Z",
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      "Title": "obsidian_help: doc-slug topics gated by Obsidian liveness check",
      "Excerpt": "## What\n\nWhen Obsidian.app is not running, calling `obsidian_help({topic: \\\"markdown\\\"})` (or any of the 4 doc-slug topics: `cli`, `markdown`, `bases`, `canvas`) returns:\n\n```\nEXECUTION_ERROR: The CLI is unable to find Obsidian. Please make sure Obsidian is running and try again.\n```\n\nSurfaced during Gate C sniff test (PR #50). Doc prompts are pure static text loaded from `./prompts/obsidian-*.md` — they should not require a running Obsidian instance.\n\n## Expected\n\nDoc-slug topics resolve to the",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/51",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-19T16:06:43.000Z",
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      "Title": "Add README demo asset (GIF) showing end-to-end vault interaction",
      "Excerpt": "Discoverability brief reserves a slot for a short demo asset in the README. Slot deferred from v1.3.3 metadata PR (`chore/discoverability`) — recording is content work, not metadata.\n\n### Scope\n\n- Record one tight flow (suggested: \"ask AI to summarize today's daily note\" or \"search vault, append result to today\").\n- Format: GIF (renders on both GitHub and npmjs.com; asciinema does not render on npm).\n- Path: `docs/demo.gif`.\n- Reference from README near top, below badges and intro paragraph.\n\n##",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/34",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-17T04:02:30.000Z",
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      "Title": "README recipes: 3-4 canonical Claude Desktop conversations",
      "Excerpt": "Source: \"Grill resolutions (2026-05-21)\" in `docs/ideas/discoverability-positioning.md`.\n\n## What to build\n\nAdd a **Recipes** section to the README: 3-4 end-to-end Claude Desktop conversations (SEO bait + onboarding). Candidates:\n\n- Research a topic and save findings as a project note\n- Daily journal append from a conversation\n- Find related notes and update one\n- Pull project context into a new strategy doc\n\nEach recipe shows the **actual chat phrasing** and **what lands in the vault**, coverin",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/73",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-22T13:55:02.000Z",
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      "Title": "List in awesome-mcp-servers (top acquisition lever)",
      "Excerpt": "Source: \"Grill resolutions (2026-05-21)\" in `docs/ideas/discoverability-positioning.md`.\n\n## What to build\n\nSubmit a PR adding `mcp-obsidian-cli` to the **awesome-mcp-servers** list. Per the grill, directories are the **acquisition lever** — repo-page views (8 uniq) prove installs come from snippet-copy in directories/blogs/Discord, not the README. The entry uses the final positive positioning (capture chat → Obsidian vault) and the new one-line description, in the correct category, following th",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/72",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-22T13:54:57.000Z",
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      "Title": "Rewrite npm + registry description: lead with \"Capture\", keep keywords, fit registry byte ceiling",
      "Excerpt": "Source: \"Grill resolutions (2026-05-21)\" in `docs/ideas/discoverability-positioning.md`.\n\n## What to build\n\nUpdate the `package.json` `description` and the `server.json` registry description to **lead with the capture outcome** while keeping `obsidian` + `mcp` as the search terms people actually type. Direction:\n\n> Capture chat notes to your Obsidian vault — MCP server via the official CLI: templates, daily notes, backlinks\n\nThe MCP Registry description has a **≤100-character ceiling — count BYT",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/71",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-22T13:54:46.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "Clarify OBSIDIAN_NOT_RUNNING message: backgrounded Obsidian is fine",
      "Excerpt": "## Context\n\nThe Discoverability positioning hook is **\"start in Claude Desktop — no context-switch to Obsidian.\"** That pitch is honest only if users understand Obsidian still has to be **running** — it just doesn't need focus. A first-run user who reads \"no need to open Obsidian\" literally, has the app quit, and hits `OBSIDIAN_NOT_RUNNING`, bounces. That's a funnel leak on the hero path.\n\nThe current messages don't say *backgrounded/minimized is fine*:\n\n- Runtime, per-tool-call: `server.js:88`\n",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/69",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-22T06:33:49.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "Discoverability: package metadata + README badges + MCP Registry refresh (v1.3.3)",
      "Excerpt": "Umbrella issue for the v1.3.3 discoverability push. Brief covers external-surface fixes plus a few metadata tweaks so the package is findable on npm, the MCP Registry, and community catalogs.\n\n### Scope (single PR, branch `chore/discoverability`)\n\n**package.json**\n- Add `homepage` (`https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli#readme`) and `bugs` (`https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues`)\n- Rewrite description (94 chars, ≤100 limit): `Obsidian MCP server via the official CLI plugi",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/35",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-17T04:03:52.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "Docs drift: OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH default disagrees across CLAUDE.md vs README/server.json/code",
      "Excerpt": "Project `CLAUDE.md` documents `OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH` default as `obsidian`, but the actual default in `server.js`, `server.json`, and `README.md` is `obsidian-cli`.\n\n### Sources\n\n- `CLAUDE.md` (root) → `OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH | obsidian | Path to CLI binary`\n- `README.md` → `OBSIDIAN_CLI_PATH | obsidian-cli | Path to CLI binary`\n- `server.json` → `\"default\": \"obsidian-cli\"`\n\n### Resolution\n\nUpdate `CLAUDE.md` to match the real default (`obsidian-cli`). Confirm code in `server.js` agrees, then close.\n\n##",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/33",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-17T04:01:56.000Z",
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      "Title": "MCP resources for vault metadata (vault name, file count, tag list)",
      "Excerpt": "## Problem\n\nThe server exposes verbs as MCP tools but nothing as MCP resources. Clients that browse resources (Claude Desktop's resource picker, IDE integrations) have no read-only view of what vault they're connected to or what's in it. Discovery happens only after a tool call.\n\n## Proposed change\n\nRegister MCP resources backed by the **ObsidianCli** + **VerbManifest** for:\n- `obsidian://vault` — vault name and root path\n- `obsidian://vault/files` — file count + sample listing\n- `obsidian://vau",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/30",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-17T00:15:19.000Z",
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      "Title": "Structured output parsing — JSON CLI results as structured MCP content",
      "Excerpt": "## Problem\n\nToday every CLI invocation returns its raw `stdout` wrapped in MCP `text` content. Several Obsidian CLI verbs support `format=json` (e.g. `properties`, `tasks`, `tags`, `files`, `search:context`) and emit machine-readable output, but clients receive it as a single string and must re-parse on their side.\n\n## Proposed change\n\nFor verbs that support `format=json`:\n- Pass `format=json` through the **ObsidianCli** when the **Typed tool** opts in.\n- Parse the result and return it as struct",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/stonematt/mcp-obsidian-cli/issues/29",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-17T00:15:10.000Z",
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