vault-index MCP

A local hybrid keyword and vector search server for markdown vaults using SQLite FTS5 and sqlite-vec. It enables agents to search notes, decision records, and lessons, writing results back as plain files while maintaining a local index without cloud dependencies.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by GitGudatCodeing

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What you can do with it

Search markdown notes using hybrid keyword and vector retrieval
Index and manage local knowledge bases for long-term memory
Retrieve specific notes and decision records for context
Re-index vault contents after file edits via hooks

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.4.2

mcp-registry: io.github.GitGudatCodeing/vault-index@0.4.2 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Nov 1, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC

Packages and installation

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vault-index 0.4.2

pypiuvx

vault-index package definition

{
  "version": "0.4.2",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "vault-index",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "VAULT_INDEX_DB",
      "description": "Path to the SQLite index file (default ~/.mcp-memory/vault-index.db)"
    },
    {
      "name": "VAULT_RERANK",
      "description": "Set to 0 to turn off the cross-encoder rerank of the top 10 results"
    },
    {
      "name": "VAULT_MODEL_CACHE",
      "description": "Embedding model cache folder (default ~/.mcp-memory/models)"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vault-index-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vault-index==0.4.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_INDEX_DB": "<YOUR_VAULT_INDEX_DB>",
        "VAULT_RERANK": "<YOUR_VAULT_RERANK>",
        "VAULT_MODEL_CACHE": "<YOUR_VAULT_MODEL_CACHE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vault-index-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vault-index==0.4.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_INDEX_DB": "<YOUR_VAULT_INDEX_DB>",
        "VAULT_RERANK": "<YOUR_VAULT_RERANK>",
        "VAULT_MODEL_CACHE": "<YOUR_VAULT_MODEL_CACHE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "vault-index-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vault-index==0.4.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_INDEX_DB": "<YOUR_VAULT_INDEX_DB>",
        "VAULT_RERANK": "<YOUR_VAULT_RERANK>",
        "VAULT_MODEL_CACHE": "<YOUR_VAULT_MODEL_CACHE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vault-index-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vault-index==0.4.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_INDEX_DB": "<YOUR_VAULT_INDEX_DB>",
        "VAULT_RERANK": "<YOUR_VAULT_RERANK>",
        "VAULT_MODEL_CACHE": "<YOUR_VAULT_MODEL_CACHE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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