Vault Cortex

Name: Vault Cortex
Author: aliasunder

作者：aliasunder版本 0.56.3i★ –i在你的电脑上运行

注册名称io.github.aliasunder/vault-cortex

安装

概览

作者提供的说明（英文原文）

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

PopNx MCP 的三大支柱

这三项永远不会合并成一个分数：意见、测量和人气是不同的东西。

用户评价i暂无评价评价功能将在后续阶段与账户功能一起开放
我们的基础检查i1 项中通过 1 项依据公开信息检查；尚未扫描代码
使用情况i尚未统计★ –

它能帮你做什么

我们还没有为它写通俗的介绍。下面是我们从注册中心读取到的事实。

连接方式: 在你的电脑上运行
传输方式: Streamable HTTP
分类: 文档、表格与办公
你需要填写：MCP_AUTH_TOKEN

安装

选择你使用的 AI 应用，然后复制设置。

安装之前

基础检查：1 项中通过 1 项
在你的电脑上运行，拥有你的用户账户的权限（文件、网络、应用）。
需要你自己填写： 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

标为机密的值是你账户的钥匙。千万不要分享给别人，也不要粘贴到聊天里。

你需要

Docker已安装 Docker

你用的是哪个应用？

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

在上方选择你的应用。我们会记住它，下次按钮会显示“安装到 …”。

打开 Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config，把下面的内容粘贴到 claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "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"
      }
    }
  }
}

在终端中运行这条命令

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

运行前请先填写空着的值。

在 Cursor 中打开

或者自己复制设置

粘贴到项目中的 .cursor/mcp.json，或 ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "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"
      }
    }
  }
}

浏览器会先询问是否打开应用，然后应用会显示设置并请你确认。密钥的值会留空，由你自己填写。

在 VS Code 中打开

或者自己复制设置

粘贴到项目中的 .vscode/mcp.json

{
  "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"
      }
    }
  }
}

浏览器会先询问是否打开应用，然后应用会显示设置并请你确认。密钥的值会留空，由你自己填写。

这个服务器在你的电脑上运行，而 ChatGPT 只能连接互联网上的服务器。请选择其他应用。

你的选择通过 Cookie 保存在这台设备上，无需账户。

需要你填写的值

MCP_AUTH_TOKEN 机密必填 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.

这些设置是根据作者在注册中心的条目生成的。如果 README 的写法不同，请以 README 为准。

它能做什么

它在你的电脑上运行；安装后，工具列表会显示在你的 AI 应用中。

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与注册中心里这个分类中所有活跃的服务器比较。只有当发布者拥有该仓库时，星标数才计入。

常见问题

Vault Cortex 安全吗？

它在 1 项适用的基础检查中通过了 1 项。我们没有阅读代码。在添加密钥或令牌之前，请先看看这个服务器要求哪些权限，并使用只具备所需权限的密钥。

它需要哪些密钥或代码？

你需要填写：MCP_AUTH_TOKEN

它在我的电脑上运行还是在云端？

它在你的电脑上运行。你的 AI 应用会在需要时启动它，数据不会经过作者的服务器（除非它自己调用在线服务）。

它还在维护吗？

GitHub 仓库最后更新于–，最新版本（0.56.3）于今天进入注册中心。

哪些应用可以使用它？

支持 MCP 的应用，例如 Claude Desktop、Claude Code、Cursor 和 VS Code。你的电脑上还需要有 Docker。

有什么可以替代它？

同一分类中有：Agent-Native Calendar, Excel MCP Server, MCP Server for Excel

替代选择

同一分类中其他作者的服务器，按星标数排序。

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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.

	Railway	Render	Self-hosted
			[CLI setup →](#self-hosted-your-own-vps)
Account	Railway on the Hobby plan or higher — the 5 GB volume is included	Render with a card on file	A VPS with Docker
Cost	Usage-metered: typically $20–30 USD/mo for a personal vault — a little under Render for a quiet vault, a little over for a busy one	Flat: about $26 USD/mo for the Standard instance (2 GB) and 5 GB disk, billed by the second	Whatever your VPS costs
Pick it if	You want the easier start — the template lands you in a configured project	A predictable bill matters more than setup polish	You 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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