obsidian-mcp-apps
Obsidian MCP Apps Skill
Use this skill when designing or implementing an Obsidian plugin that acts as an MCP host for embedded app UIs and structured human input.
Terminology
- Official term:
MCP Apps - Older/community terms you may still see:
MCP UI,mcp-ui - Interaction primitive for user input:
elicitation
When users say mcp-ui, treat that as MCP Apps unless they clearly mean a project with that exact name.
Use this skill for
- hosting MCP Apps inside Obsidian custom views or modals
- rendering tool-linked
ui://resources in an Obsidian plugin - mapping MCP elicitation to native Obsidian UX
- designing human approval flows for vault writes, renames, deletes, or external auth
- embedding localhost-backed apps such as Excalidraw into Obsidian
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