Notes Vault

io.github.gronare/notes-vault-mcp · v0.13.0

Indexed search, schema-checked writes and session hooks for a markdown notes vault

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Terminal

claude mcp add notes-vault-mcp -e VAULT_PATH=<VAULT_PATH> -e S3_ENDPOINT=<S3_ENDPOINT> -e S3_ACCESS_KEY=<S3_ACCESS_KEY> -e S3_SECRET_KEY=<S3_SECRET_KEY> -e S3_BUCKET=<S3_BUCKET> -e S3_PREFIX=<S3_PREFIX> -e S3_REGION=<S3_REGION> -e VAULT_CACHE_DIR=<VAULT_CACHE_DIR> -e VAULT_SCHEMA=<VAULT_SCHEMA> -e VAULT_STOP_HOOK=<VAULT_STOP_HOOK> -e VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS=<VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS> -e VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS=<VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS> -- uvx notes-vault-mcp==0.13.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notes-vault-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "notes-vault-mcp==0.13.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_PATH": "<VAULT_PATH>",
        "S3_ENDPOINT": "<S3_ENDPOINT>",
        "S3_ACCESS_KEY": "<S3_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "S3_SECRET_KEY": "<S3_SECRET_KEY>",
        "S3_BUCKET": "<S3_BUCKET>",
        "S3_PREFIX": "<S3_PREFIX>",
        "S3_REGION": "<S3_REGION>",
        "VAULT_CACHE_DIR": "<VAULT_CACHE_DIR>",
        "VAULT_SCHEMA": "<VAULT_SCHEMA>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notes-vault-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "notes-vault-mcp==0.13.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_PATH": "<VAULT_PATH>",
        "S3_ENDPOINT": "<S3_ENDPOINT>",
        "S3_ACCESS_KEY": "<S3_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "S3_SECRET_KEY": "<S3_SECRET_KEY>",
        "S3_BUCKET": "<S3_BUCKET>",
        "S3_PREFIX": "<S3_PREFIX>",
        "S3_REGION": "<S3_REGION>",
        "VAULT_CACHE_DIR": "<VAULT_CACHE_DIR>",
        "VAULT_SCHEMA": "<VAULT_SCHEMA>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "notes-vault-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "notes-vault-mcp==0.13.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_PATH": "<VAULT_PATH>",
        "S3_ENDPOINT": "<S3_ENDPOINT>",
        "S3_ACCESS_KEY": "<S3_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "S3_SECRET_KEY": "<S3_SECRET_KEY>",
        "S3_BUCKET": "<S3_BUCKET>",
        "S3_PREFIX": "<S3_PREFIX>",
        "S3_REGION": "<S3_REGION>",
        "VAULT_CACHE_DIR": "<VAULT_CACHE_DIR>",
        "VAULT_SCHEMA": "<VAULT_SCHEMA>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS>",
        "VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS": "<VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`VAULT_PATH` Optional	Directory holding the vault. Set this or the four S3_* variables.
`S3_ENDPOINT` Optional	S3 or MinIO endpoint URL holding the vault
`S3_ACCESS_KEY` Optional, secret	Access key for the vault bucket
`S3_SECRET_KEY` Optional, secret	Secret key for the vault bucket
`S3_BUCKET` Optional	Bucket holding the vault
`S3_PREFIX` Optional	Key prefix inside the bucket
`S3_REGION` Optional	Region for the vault bucket
`VAULT_CACHE_DIR` Optional	Where the SQLite index lives
`VAULT_SCHEMA` Optional	Local schema file overriding the one in the vault
`VAULT_STOP_HOOK` Optional	Set to off to disable the stop hook
`VAULT_STOP_HOOK_COMMITS` Optional	Set to off to turn off the stop hook's unlogged-commit and stale-note checks alone
`VAULT_STOP_HOOK_PROMPTS` Optional	Messages the user writes after the agent's last vault write before the stop hook asks it to save them (default 3), or off

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	3 Nov 2026
Last updated	3 Nov 2026
Registry name	`io.github.gronare/notes-vault-mcp`

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