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vault index for VS Code

io.github.gitgudatcodeing/vault-index

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

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install vault index in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vault-index-db",
      "description": "VAULT_INDEX_DB",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vault-model-cache",
      "description": "VAULT_MODEL_CACHE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "vault-index": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vault-index"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_INDEX_DB": "${input:vault-index-db}",
        "VAULT_MODEL_CACHE": "${input:vault-model-cache}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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