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Vortex Notes for VS Code

io.github.vortex-303/vortex-notes

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

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Vortex Notes in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vortex-notes-vault",
      "description": "VORTEX_NOTES_VAULT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vortex-notes-readonly",
      "description": "VORTEX_NOTES_READONLY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "vortex-notes": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vortex-notes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VORTEX_NOTES_VAULT": "${input:vortex-notes-vault}",
        "VORTEX_NOTES_READONLY": "${input:vortex-notes-readonly}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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