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Vortex Notes for Gemini CLI

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E2E-encrypted markdown notes as shared memory for you and your agents, with local semantic search.

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Install Vortex Notes in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vortex-notes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vortex-notes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VORTEX_NOTES_VAULT": "<VORTEX_NOTES_VAULT>",
        "VORTEX_NOTES_READONLY": "<VORTEX_NOTES_READONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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