Pulse8 AI Cortex Knowledge Vault MCP Server
Pulse8 AI Cortex Knowledge Vault runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 85 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 27 Jul 2026.
Agent-native knowledge OS on Markdown: typed graph, hybrid search, and compiler over MCP.
What the code does
We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
const child = spawn(QMD_BIN, args);
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault -e 'CORTEX_VAULT_PATH=<CORTEX_VAULT_PATH>' -- uvx pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault{
"mcpServers": {
"pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault"
],
"env": {
"CORTEX_VAULT_PATH": "<CORTEX_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault]
command = "uvx"
args = ["pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault"]
env = { CORTEX_VAULT_PATH = "<CORTEX_VAULT_PATH>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault"
],
"env": {
"CORTEX_VAULT_PATH": "<CORTEX_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pulse8-ai-cortex-knowledge-vault"
],
"env": {
"CORTEX_VAULT_PATH": "<CORTEX_VAULT_PATH>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<CORTEX_VAULT_PATH> (Absolute path to the Markdown vault directory the server reads and writes).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
CORTEX_LLM_API_KEY (Optional OpenRouter (or compatible) API key. Only needed for LLM cross-referencing during compile; file conversion and search work without it).
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Pulse8 AI Cortex Knowledge Vault — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.