Vault Index

io.github.GitGudatCodeing/vault-index · v0.4.2

Local hybrid keyword + vector search (SQLite FTS5 + sqlite-vec) over markdown vaults and code.

Source code Set it up

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal

claude mcp add vault-index -e VAULT_INDEX_DB=<VAULT_INDEX_DB> -e VAULT_RERANK=<VAULT_RERANK> -e VAULT_MODEL_CACHE=<VAULT_MODEL_CACHE> -- uvx vault-index==0.4.2

claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`VAULT_INDEX_DB` Optional	Path to the SQLite index file (default ~/.mcp-memory/vault-index.db)
`VAULT_RERANK` Optional	Set to 0 to turn off the cross-encoder rerank of the top 10 results
`VAULT_MODEL_CACHE` Optional	Embedding model cache folder (default ~/.mcp-memory/models)

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	28 Oct 2026
Last updated	28 Oct 2026
Registry name	`io.github.GitGudatCodeing/vault-index`

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