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Vault Cortex

제작자: aliasunder버전 0.56.3i★ –i내 컴퓨터에서 실행
레지스트리 이름io.github.aliasunder/vault-cortex

설치

개요

제작자가 쓴 설명(영어 원문)

Standalone MCP server for Obsidian vaults — hybrid search, notes & files, memory, tasks, OAuth 2.1

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할 수 있는 일

이 서버는 아직 쉬운 말로 된 요약을 쓰지 못했어요. 아래는 레지스트리에서 읽어 온 사실이에요.

  • 연결 방식: 내 컴퓨터에서 실행
  • 전송 방식: Streamable HTTP
  • 카테고리: 문서, 시트 및 사무 업무
  • 입력해야 할 값: MCP_AUTH_TOKEN

설치

쓰고 있는 AI 앱을 고른 다음 설정을 복사하세요.

설치하기 전에

  • 기본 점검: 1개 중 1개 통과
  • 내 컴퓨터에서 내 사용자 계정의 권한(파일, 네트워크, 앱)으로 실행돼요.
  • 직접 입력할 값: MCP_AUTH_TOKEN, PUBLIC_URL, EMBEDDING_ENABLED, RERANK_MODE, WINDOWS_MODE, MEMORY_ENABLED, FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED, READONLY_MODE, DISABLED_TOOLS, MEMORY_DIR, DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER, DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT, TRUST_PROXY_HOPS, TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS, TZ, LOG_LEVEL, LOG_DIR, LOG_RETENTION_DAYS, PROTECTED_PATHS, ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS, SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL, MAX_FILE_BYTES, MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES, MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES

비밀로 표시된 값은 내 계정의 열쇠예요. 절대 다른 사람과 공유하거나 채팅에 붙여 넣지 마세요.

필요한 것

어떤 앱을 쓰세요?

위에서 앱을 고르세요. 기억해 두었다가 다음부터는 버튼에 “…에 설치”라고 표시해요.

Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config를 열고 claude_desktop_config.json에 이 내용을 붙여 넣으세요

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vault-cortex": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_AUTH_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "PUBLIC_URL",
        "-e",
        "EMBEDDING_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "RERANK_MODE",
        "-e",
        "WINDOWS_MODE",
        "-e",
        "MEMORY_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "READONLY_MODE",
        "-e",
        "DISABLED_TOOLS",
        "-e",
        "MEMORY_DIR",
        "-e",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER",
        "-e",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT",
        "-e",
        "TRUST_PROXY_HOPS",
        "-e",
        "TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS",
        "-e",
        "TZ",
        "-e",
        "LOG_LEVEL",
        "-e",
        "LOG_DIR",
        "-e",
        "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS",
        "-e",
        "PROTECTED_PATHS",
        "-e",
        "ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS",
        "-e",
        "SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL",
        "-e",
        "MAX_FILE_BYTES",
        "-e",
        "MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES",
        "-e",
        "MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES",
        "ghcr.io/aliasunder/vault-cortex:0.56.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "PUBLIC_URL": "your-value",
        "EMBEDDING_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "RERANK_MODE": "your-value",
        "WINDOWS_MODE": "your-value",
        "MEMORY_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "READONLY_MODE": "your-value",
        "DISABLED_TOOLS": "your-value",
        "MEMORY_DIR": "your-value",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER": "your-value",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT": "your-value",
        "TRUST_PROXY_HOPS": "your-value",
        "TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS": "your-value",
        "TZ": "your-value",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "your-value",
        "LOG_DIR": "your-value",
        "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "PROTECTED_PATHS": "your-value",
        "ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS": "your-value",
        "SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL": "your-value",
        "MAX_FILE_BYTES": "your-value",
        "MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES": "your-value",
        "MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

터미널에서 이 명령어를 실행하세요

claude mcp add vault-cortex --env MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=your-value --env PUBLIC_URL=your-value --env EMBEDDING_ENABLED=your-value --env RERANK_MODE=your-value --env WINDOWS_MODE=your-value --env MEMORY_ENABLED=your-value --env FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED=your-value --env READONLY_MODE=your-value --env DISABLED_TOOLS=your-value --env MEMORY_DIR=your-value --env DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER=your-value --env DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT=your-value --env TRUST_PROXY_HOPS=your-value --env TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS=your-value --env TZ=your-value --env LOG_LEVEL=your-value --env LOG_DIR=your-value --env LOG_RETENTION_DAYS=your-value --env PROTECTED_PATHS=your-value --env ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS=your-value --env SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL=your-value --env MAX_FILE_BYTES=your-value --env MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES=your-value --env MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES=your-value -- docker run -i --rm -e MCP_AUTH_TOKEN -e PUBLIC_URL -e EMBEDDING_ENABLED -e RERANK_MODE -e WINDOWS_MODE -e MEMORY_ENABLED -e FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED -e READONLY_MODE -e DISABLED_TOOLS -e MEMORY_DIR -e DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER -e DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT -e TRUST_PROXY_HOPS -e TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS -e TZ -e LOG_LEVEL -e LOG_DIR -e LOG_RETENTION_DAYS -e PROTECTED_PATHS -e ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS -e SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL -e MAX_FILE_BYTES -e MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES -e MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES ghcr.io/aliasunder/vault-cortex:0.56.3

실행하기 전에 빈 값을 채워 주세요.

Cursor에서 열기

또는 설정을 직접 복사하기

프로젝트의 .cursor/mcp.json 또는 ~/.cursor/mcp.json에 붙여 넣으세요

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vault-cortex": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_AUTH_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "PUBLIC_URL",
        "-e",
        "EMBEDDING_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "RERANK_MODE",
        "-e",
        "WINDOWS_MODE",
        "-e",
        "MEMORY_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "READONLY_MODE",
        "-e",
        "DISABLED_TOOLS",
        "-e",
        "MEMORY_DIR",
        "-e",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER",
        "-e",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT",
        "-e",
        "TRUST_PROXY_HOPS",
        "-e",
        "TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS",
        "-e",
        "TZ",
        "-e",
        "LOG_LEVEL",
        "-e",
        "LOG_DIR",
        "-e",
        "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS",
        "-e",
        "PROTECTED_PATHS",
        "-e",
        "ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS",
        "-e",
        "SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL",
        "-e",
        "MAX_FILE_BYTES",
        "-e",
        "MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES",
        "-e",
        "MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES",
        "ghcr.io/aliasunder/vault-cortex:0.56.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "PUBLIC_URL": "your-value",
        "EMBEDDING_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "RERANK_MODE": "your-value",
        "WINDOWS_MODE": "your-value",
        "MEMORY_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "READONLY_MODE": "your-value",
        "DISABLED_TOOLS": "your-value",
        "MEMORY_DIR": "your-value",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER": "your-value",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT": "your-value",
        "TRUST_PROXY_HOPS": "your-value",
        "TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS": "your-value",
        "TZ": "your-value",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "your-value",
        "LOG_DIR": "your-value",
        "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "PROTECTED_PATHS": "your-value",
        "ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS": "your-value",
        "SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL": "your-value",
        "MAX_FILE_BYTES": "your-value",
        "MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES": "your-value",
        "MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

브라우저가 앱을 열지 물어본 다음, 앱이 설정을 보여 주고 확인을 요청해요. 키 값은 비워 두니 직접 입력하세요.

VS Code에서 열기

또는 설정을 직접 복사하기

프로젝트의 .vscode/mcp.json에 붙여 넣으세요

{
  "servers": {
    "vault-cortex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_AUTH_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "PUBLIC_URL",
        "-e",
        "EMBEDDING_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "RERANK_MODE",
        "-e",
        "WINDOWS_MODE",
        "-e",
        "MEMORY_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED",
        "-e",
        "READONLY_MODE",
        "-e",
        "DISABLED_TOOLS",
        "-e",
        "MEMORY_DIR",
        "-e",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER",
        "-e",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT",
        "-e",
        "TRUST_PROXY_HOPS",
        "-e",
        "TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS",
        "-e",
        "TZ",
        "-e",
        "LOG_LEVEL",
        "-e",
        "LOG_DIR",
        "-e",
        "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS",
        "-e",
        "PROTECTED_PATHS",
        "-e",
        "ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS",
        "-e",
        "SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL",
        "-e",
        "MAX_FILE_BYTES",
        "-e",
        "MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES",
        "-e",
        "MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES",
        "ghcr.io/aliasunder/vault-cortex:0.56.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "PUBLIC_URL": "your-value",
        "EMBEDDING_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "RERANK_MODE": "your-value",
        "WINDOWS_MODE": "your-value",
        "MEMORY_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "READONLY_MODE": "your-value",
        "DISABLED_TOOLS": "your-value",
        "MEMORY_DIR": "your-value",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER": "your-value",
        "DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT": "your-value",
        "TRUST_PROXY_HOPS": "your-value",
        "TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS": "your-value",
        "TZ": "your-value",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "your-value",
        "LOG_DIR": "your-value",
        "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "PROTECTED_PATHS": "your-value",
        "ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS": "your-value",
        "SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL": "your-value",
        "MAX_FILE_BYTES": "your-value",
        "MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES": "your-value",
        "MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

브라우저가 앱을 열지 물어본 다음, 앱이 설정을 보여 주고 확인을 요청해요. 키 값은 비워 두니 직접 입력하세요.

이 서버는 내 컴퓨터에서 실행되는데, ChatGPT는 인터넷에 있는 서버에만 연결할 수 있어요. 다른 앱을 고르세요.

선택한 앱은 이 기기의 쿠키에만 저장돼요. 계정은 필요 없어요.

직접 입력할 값

  • MCP_AUTH_TOKEN 비밀 필수 env
    Bearer token for MCP client authentication. Must match the Authorization header sent by clients. Generate with: openssl rand -hex 32
  • PUBLIC_URL env
    Public URL clients use to reach this server. Used as the OAuth issuer URL in discovery metadata. Override when exposing the server outside localhost or on a non-default port.
  • EMBEDDING_ENABLED env
    Enable or disable the embedding pipeline. When false, no ONNX model is downloaded, no vector tables are created, and search uses FTS5 only.
  • RERANK_MODE env
    Cross-encoder reranking mode: blended (position-aware score blending after RRF fusion) or none (skip reranking). Only takes effect when EMBEDDING_ENABLED is true.
  • WINDOWS_MODE env
    Windows bind-mount mode: enables filesystem polling for the file watcher and rename-based moves across the Docker Desktop/WSL2 bridge. Set to true when the vault lives on a Windows drive.
  • MEMORY_ENABLED env
    Enable or disable the structured memory layer. When false, memory tools are hidden, bootstrap is skipped, and server metadata omits memory references.
  • FILE_TOOLS_ENABLED env
    Enable or disable file tools (vault_read_file, vault_list_files). When false, file tools are hidden and server metadata omits file tool references.
  • READONLY_MODE env
    Run the server read-only: every vault-writing tool is hidden, the memory folder is not auto-created, and server metadata omits write references.
  • DISABLED_TOOLS env
    Hide individual tools by name, comma-separated. Subtractive only — it cannot re-enable a tool another setting hides; an unknown tool name stops the server at startup.
  • MEMORY_DIR env
    Vault folder for structured memory files (About Me-style notes). Memory tools are hidden when MEMORY_ENABLED is false, but this value still feeds the defaults for PROTECTED_PATHS and ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_F…
  • DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER env
    Vault folder for daily notes. Overrides the folder configured in Obsidian's daily-notes plugin. When unset, read from the vault's .obsidian/daily-notes.json (an empty folder there follows Obsidian's…
  • DAILY_NOTES_FORMAT env
    Filename date format for daily notes (Moment.js tokens). Overrides the format configured in Obsidian's daily-notes plugin. When unset, read from the vault's .obsidian/daily-notes.json, falling back t…
  • TRUST_PROXY_HOPS env
    Number of trusted reverse-proxy hops used to derive the client IP from X-Forwarded-For for OAuth rate limiting and request logs. With 0, injected forwarding headers are ignored.
  • TRUST_FORWARDED_HOPS env
    How many entries from the end of the RFC 7239 Forwarded header's for= list to count to reach the client IP for OAuth rate limiting and request logs. 0 ignores the header; 1 when the proxy in front wr…
  • TZ env
    IANA timezone for timestamps and daily note resolution.
  • LOG_LEVEL env
    Logging verbosity.
  • LOG_DIR env
    Directory for log files that survive container re-creation. The container's own log is always written but discarded when the container is recreated; date-stamped files under LOG_DIR persist on the da…
  • LOG_RETENTION_DAYS env
    Days to keep log files before automatic cleanup on startup; only applies when LOG_DIR is a path.
  • PROTECTED_PATHS env
    Comma-separated vault folder names blocked from vault_delete_note and vault_move_note. Default: MEMORY_DIR plus the daily notes folder, read from DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER or .obsidian/daily-notes.json (def…
  • ORPHAN_EXCLUDE_FOLDERS env
    Comma-separated vault folder names excluded from vault_find_orphans. Default: the daily notes folder, "Templates", and MEMORY_DIR. DAILY_NOTES_FOLDER wins; otherwise .obsidian/daily-notes.json is rea…
  • SERVICE_DOCUMENTATION_URL env
    Override the OAuth service documentation URL exposed via discovery metadata.
  • MAX_FILE_BYTES env
    Largest file vault_read_file will read, in bytes. Reading a larger file returns an error instead of content.
  • MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES env
    Byte budget for images returned by vault_read_file, in binary bytes before base64 encoding. Images exceeding the budget are downscaled/recompressed server-side to fit; raise for clients that accept l…
  • MAX_PDF_RENDER_PAGES env
    Maximum PDF pages to render as images when raw: true is set on vault_read_file. The per-page byte budget is MAX_IMAGE_OUTPUT_BYTES divided evenly across the rendered pages.

이 설정은 제작자의 레지스트리 정보로 만들었어요. README와 다르면 README를 따르세요.

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누구나 볼 수 있는 정보를 점검했고, 코드는 읽지 않았어요. 해당하지 않는 항목은 개수에서 뺐어요. · 2026년 11월 6일 점검

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  • – 해당 없음

    엔드포인트 응답

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    OAuth로 로그인

    내 컴퓨터에서 실행되며, 대신 로컬 설정을 사용해요

  • … 아직 점검 안 함

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자주 묻는 질문

Vault Cortex, 안전한가요?

해당하는 기본 점검 1개 중 1개를 통과했어요. 코드는 읽지 않았어요. 키나 토큰을 넣기 전에 서버가 어떤 권한을 요구하는지 확인하고, 꼭 필요한 권한만 있는 키를 쓰세요.

어떤 키나 코드가 필요한가요?

입력해야 할 값: MCP_AUTH_TOKEN

내 컴퓨터에서 실행되나요, 클라우드에서 실행되나요?

내 컴퓨터에서 실행돼요. AI 앱이 필요할 때 실행하고, 데이터는 제작자의 서버를 거치지 않아요(서버 자체가 온라인 서비스를 호출하는 경우는 제외).

아직 관리되고 있나요?

GitHub 저장소는 마지막으로 – 변경됐고, 최신 버전(0.56.3)은 오늘 레지스트리에 올라왔어요.

어떤 앱에서 쓸 수 있나요?

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code처럼 MCP를 지원하는 앱에서 쓸 수 있어요. 내 컴퓨터에 Docker도 있어야 해요.

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대안

같은 카테고리에서 다른 제작자가 만든 서버예요. 스타 순으로 정렬했어요.

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Vault Cortex is a standalone MCP server that gives any AI agent hybrid search, task management, structured memory, and read/write access to your Obsidian vault. No plugins, no running Obsidian, no separate bridge. One Docker container, your vault folder, a full tool suite + guided prompts. Run it on a remote server with Obsidian Sync, and the same vault is accessible from your phone, claude.ai, or any remote MCP client, secured with OAuth 2.1. Deploy it with one click or self-host it; either way, the vault is always yours.

Contents — What you get · Quick Start · How It Works · Hybrid Search · Memory · Tasks · Files · Tools · Prompts · Properties · Config · Daily Notes · Data Integrity · Auth · Deployment · One-click Deploy · Community Deployments

What you get

Search the vault Reason over notes Write back to Obsidian

All three demos run on Claude mobile. The vault is on a remote server, not the phone.

  • [Remote access](#remote-access-from-anywhere) — works from your phone, a remote server, or any MCP client via OAuth 2.1. One click on Render or Railway gets you there with no server to manage; a VPS works too.
  • [Plugin-free](#how-it-works) — Obsidian doesn't need to be running. The server works directly with .md files on disk. Headless sync keeps the vault current.
  • [Hybrid search](#hybrid-search) — FTS5 keyword matching + vector semantic similarity via RRF fusion, refined by cross-encoder reranking for intent-heavy queries. Keywords stay precise on exact terms and jargon; vectors find notes even when your words differ from the vault's.
  • [Structured memory](#memory) — dated, append-only entries accumulate into a personal knowledge layer, auto-initialized for AI personalization. Topic recall answers "what do I think about X?" with the current take and the dated history behind it — evolution included.
  • [Tasks](#tasks) — Kanban-aware task queries and updates: triage by status, dates, or priority, then complete, reprioritize, or move tasks between lanes in one call. Completing a recurring task spawns its next occurrence. Parses both Tasks plugin emoji and Dataview inline-field formats.
  • [Link graph](#tools) — backlinks, outgoing links, and orphan detection across the vault
  • [Files](#files) — read the vault's non-markdown files too: images arrive as actual images (shrunk to fit when needed), PDFs as structured text or rendered pages, canvases as readable outlines, data files as text
  • [Obsidian-native](#properties) — understands frontmatter, wikilinks, tags, headings, and daily notes
  • [Guided workflows](#prompts) — built-in prompts for vault health, memory review, and daily reconciliation — assembled from live vault data each time

Tested across a 15-day trip through Europe. 30+ sessions from a phone, 216 tool calls, zero laptop access needed. Writes in one session were immediately available in the next, across cities and days.


Quick Start

Local (2 minutes — Docker + your vault folder)

Prerequisites: Docker (or a Docker-compatible runtime, e.g. OrbStack, Colima, Podman), Node.js >= 22.12 (only for the CLI — the server itself runs in Docker), and an Obsidian vault (or any folder of .md files).

npx vault-cortex@latest init

That's it — the CLI asks for your vault path, generates the auth token and config files, starts the server, and prints the connection details for your MCP client (CLI reference →).

Set up with the CLI? It manages the server from here on — configure, upgrade, start, restart, logs, down (CLI reference →).

Set up with Compose? Stick with Compose for updates too (docker compose pull && docker compose up -d) — the CLI and Compose manage the container independently.

Manual setup (no Node.js needed)

# 1. Get the quickstart files

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aliasunder/vault-cortex/main/deploy/local/docker-compose.yml curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aliasunder/vault-cortex/main/deploy/local/.env.example

2. Configure

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env — set MCP_AUTH_TOKEN (openssl rand -hex 32) and VAULT_PATH

3. Start

docker compose up

[Full local guide →](./deploy/local/) (includes Windows setup)

Remote (access from anywhere)

Your vault on a server, kept current by Obsidian Sync, reachable from your phone, claude.ai, or any MCP client. The one-click options ask for your vault name and timezone (plus the vault password if your vault is encrypted), then handle HTTPS, restarts, a generated MCP token, and persistent storage. Once deployed, a setup page walks you through signing in to Obsidian Sync in your browser. On your own server the CLI asks for the public URL and vault name, captures the Sync token for you, and generates the MCP token; HTTPS is yours to set up.

RailwayRenderSelf-hosted
[CLI setup →](#self-hosted-your-own-vps)
AccountRailway on the Hobby plan or higher — the 5 GB volume is includedRender with a card on fileA VPS with Docker
CostUsage-metered: typically $20–30 USD/mo for a personal vault — a little under Render for a quiet vault, a little over for a busy oneFlat: about $26 USD/mo for the Standard instance (2 GB) and 5 GB disk, billed by the secondWhatever your VPS costs
Pick it ifYou want the easier start — the template lands you in a configured projectA predictable bill matters more than setup polishYou already run a server or want full control
Guide[Railway guide →](./deploy/railway/)[Render guide →](./deploy/render/)[Remote guide →](./deploy/remote/)

All three need an Obsidian Sync subscription. Whichever you pick, the server is replaceable and your vault isn't — it stays in plain Markdown in Obsidian Sync and on your devices; the container only holds a copy.

The setup page. Deploy without an Obsidian Sync token and the server starts in setup mode: opening its URL in a browser lands on a sign-in page at /setup. Enter your Obsidian account credentials once (two-factor supported) — you sign in with Obsidian directly; the server keeps only the Sync token from that sign-in, restarts, and downloads your vault.

The sign-in page, gated by your MCP token. Each deploy guide walks through the full flow.

Self-hosted: your own VPS

The Vault Cortex CLI sets up the same container on any Linux box you run — you manage the server, the image, and

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