Markdown vault MCP server with FTS5 + semantic search and frontmatter indexing
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uvx markdown-vault-mcp{
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SOURCE_DIR": "/data/vault",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_READ_ONLY": "true",
"FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "file:///data/state",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "markdown-vault-mcp",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_STATE_PATH": "/data/state",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEX_PATH": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDINGS_PATH": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEXED_FIELDS": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_REQUIRED_FIELDS": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EXCLUDE": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"OPENAI_BASE_URL": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
"OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "text-embedding-3-small",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_MODEL": "nomic-embed-text",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_CPU_ONLY": "false",
"OLLAMA_HOST": "http://localhost:11434",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_REPO_URL": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_USERNAME": "x-access-token",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_NAME": "markdown-vault-mcp",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL": "noreply@markdown-vault-mcp",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PUSH_DELAY_S": "30",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_LFS": "true",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PULL_INTERVAL_S": "600",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_ATTACHMENT_EXTENSIONS": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_SIZE_MB": "10",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TEMPLATES_FOLDER": "_templates",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_PROMPTS_FOLDER": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_AUTH_MODE": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BASE_URL": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_AUDIENCE": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_REQUIRED_SCOPES": "openid",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_VERIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN": "false",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_APP_DOMAIN": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"PUID": "1000",
"PGID": "1000"
}Add this server entry to the mcpServers object in your Claude Desktop config, then restart the app.
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-pvliesdonk-markdown-vault-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"markdown-vault-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SOURCE_DIR": "/data/vault",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_READ_ONLY": "true",
"FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_KV_STORE_URL": "file:///data/state",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SERVER_NAME": "markdown-vault-mcp",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_STATE_PATH": "/data/state",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEX_PATH": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDINGS_PATH": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEXED_FIELDS": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_REQUIRED_FIELDS": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EXCLUDE": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"OPENAI_BASE_URL": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
"OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "text-embedding-3-small",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_MODEL": "nomic-embed-text",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_CPU_ONLY": "false",
"OLLAMA_HOST": "http://localhost:11434",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_REPO_URL": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_USERNAME": "x-access-token",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_NAME": "markdown-vault-mcp",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL": "noreply@markdown-vault-mcp",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PUSH_DELAY_S": "30",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_LFS": "true",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PULL_INTERVAL_S": "600",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_ATTACHMENT_EXTENSIONS": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_SIZE_MB": "10",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TEMPLATES_FOLDER": "_templates",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_PROMPTS_FOLDER": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_AUTH_MODE": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BASE_URL": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_VALUE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_AUDIENCE": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_REQUIRED_SCOPES": "openid",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_VERIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN": "false",
"MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_APP_DOMAIN": "YOUR_VALUE_HERE",
"PUID": "1000",
"PGID": "1000"
}
}
}
}~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.jsonNo remote HTTP endpoint is advertised. Use the package or stdio setup shown in Install.
Markdown Vault MCP is an MCP server for Markdown vault MCP server with FTS5 + semantic search and frontmatter indexing. It supports STDIO, HTTP transport.
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| Package | Registry | Version | Inputs |
|---|---|---|---|
markdown-vault-mcpstdio | pypi | 3.1.0 | Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SOURCE_DIR required Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_READ_ONLY Env: FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_KV_STORE_URL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SERVER_NAME Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_STATE_PATH Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEX_PATH Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDINGS_PATH Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEXED_FIELDS Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_REQUIRED_FIELDS Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EXCLUDE Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER Env: OPENAI_API_KEY secret Env: OPENAI_BASE_URL Env: OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_MODEL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_CPU_ONLY Env: OLLAMA_HOST Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN secret Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_REPO_URL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_USERNAME Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_NAME Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PUSH_DELAY_S Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_LFS Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PULL_INTERVAL_S Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_ATTACHMENT_EXTENSIONS Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_SIZE_MB Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TEMPLATES_FOLDER Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_PROMPTS_FOLDER Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN secret Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_AUTH_MODE Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BASE_URL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET secret Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY secret Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_AUDIENCE Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_REQUIRED_SCOPES Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_VERIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_APP_DOMAIN |
ghcr.io/pvliesdonk/markdown-vault-mcp:v3.1.0streamable-http | oci | Not captured | Argument: --port Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SOURCE_DIR Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_READ_ONLY Env: FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_KV_STORE_URL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SERVER_NAME Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_STATE_PATH Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEX_PATH Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDINGS_PATH Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEXED_FIELDS Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_REQUIRED_FIELDS Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EXCLUDE Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER Env: OPENAI_API_KEY secret Env: OPENAI_BASE_URL Env: OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_MODEL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_CPU_ONLY Env: OLLAMA_HOST Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN secret Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_REPO_URL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_USERNAME Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_NAME Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PUSH_DELAY_S Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_LFS Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PULL_INTERVAL_S Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_ATTACHMENT_EXTENSIONS Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_SIZE_MB Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TEMPLATES_FOLDER Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_PROMPTS_FOLDER Env: PUID Env: PGID Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN secret Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_AUTH_MODE Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BASE_URL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URL Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_ID Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET secret Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY secret Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_AUDIENCE Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_REQUIRED_SCOPES Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_VERIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN Env: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_APP_DOMAIN |