Vault — a tiny personal MCP server

Notes + bookmarks, stored in a single SQLite file, exposed to Claude through 5 tools: add_note, add_bookmark, search_notes, list_notes, delete_note.

1. Install uv (one-time)

Open PowerShell and run:

powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Close and reopen your terminal after this so uv is on PATH.

Related MCP server: MCP Notes Server

2. Set up the project

Unzip this folder somewhere permanent, e.g. C:\Users\<you>\mcp-vault. Then from inside it:

cd C:\Users\<you>\mcp-vault
uv sync

This creates a virtual environment and installs fastmcp.

3. Test it standalone (before touching Claude Desktop)

uv run fastmcp dev server.py

This opens the MCP Inspector in your browser. Click into the Tools tab, try calling add_note with some text, then list_notes — you should see it come back. Ctrl+C to stop it once you're happy.

4. Wire it into Claude Desktop

Open (or create) this file:

%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add a vault entry under mcpServers. If the file already has other servers in it, just add this key alongside them — don't replace the whole file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vault": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--directory",
        "C:\\Users\\<you>\\mcp-vault",
        "fastmcp",
        "run",
        "server.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace C:\\Users\\<you>\\mcp-vault with wherever you actually put the folder — use double backslashes as shown.

5. Restart Claude Desktop

Fully quit it (right-click the tray icon → Quit, not just closing the window) and reopen. Look for the tools icon in the chat box — click it and you should see the 5 vault tools listed.

6. Try it

• "Save a note: renew passport, tag it todo"

• "Save this link: https://example.com, title it Example, tag it reference"

• "What have I saved tagged todo?"

• "Search my notes for passport"

• "Delete note 1"

Your data lives in vault.db right next to server.py — it's just a SQLite file, so you can open it with any SQLite browser if you want to poke at it directly.

Screenshots

Notes

• Every tool's docstring is what Claude reads to decide when to call it — if you rename or repurpose a tool, keep the docstring accurate, that's the whole interface.

• If Claude Desktop doesn't pick up the server, check %APPDATA%\Claude\logs\ for errors — usually it's a wrong path in the config.