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Node 22 installed; fixture vault at The Obsidian desktop CLI (OBSIDIAN_BIN_PATH) is not installed, so the ~30 CLI-backed tools (e.g. search, backlinks, daily notes, tasks, commands) were not exercised.", "outcome": "working", "plain_failure": null, "steps": [ "git init; git remote add origin https://github.com/dharmikbhesaniya/obsidian-mcp; git fetch --depth 1 origin 41610a903a0381e8ca799792a2f37c19df0d4f82; git reset --mixed FETCH_HEAD", "sudo apt-get update; NodeSource setup_22.x; sudo apt-get install -y nodejs (Node v22.23.4, npm 10.9.9)", "npm ci", "npm run build", "npm test (88 passed)", "node dist/index.js with OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH= via MCP client; tool obsidian_read_note path=hello.md returned sentinel vault-sentinel-7731" ], "stuck_step": null, "suggested_fix": "None for the tested path. To test the rest of the 54 tools, install Obsidian desktop with its CLI enabled and set OBSIDIAN_BIN_PATH." }