Needle Remote vs Markdown Vault MCP
Needle Remote is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Markdown Vault MCP is an MCP server published by pvliesdonk. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Needle Remote |  Markdown Vault MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 5.1.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 927 Downloads/week (PyPI): 695 Forks (GitHub): 13 Stars (GitHub): 35 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Needle Remote | Markdown Vault MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 35 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 13 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.needle.app/mcp) | On your machine (markdown-vault-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 110, secrets among them: 10 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/pvliesdonk/markdown-vault-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Answered with HTTP 301 (4 days ago) | no remote endpoint we check |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Needle Remote
Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.
Markdown Vault MCP
Generic markdown vault MCP with hybrid search
How to run each
Needle Remote As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http needle https://mcp.needle.app/mcpRequires: NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
Markdown Vault MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "VOYAGE_API_KEY=<YOUR_VOYAGE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio markdown-vault-mcp -- uvx markdown-vault-mcpRequires: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), VOYAGE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Needle Remote has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only Needle Remote asks for
NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
Only Markdown Vault MCP asks for
MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_APP_DOMAINMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_ATTACHMENT_EXTENSIONSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_AUTH_MODEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BASE_URLMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_DEFAULT_SUBJECTMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN (secret)MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKENS_FILEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BOOT_REINDEXMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BUILD_TIMEOUT_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_CHUNKS_PER_FILEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_CHUNK_OVERLAP_WORDSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_CONVENTIONS_FILE
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MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_DEFAULT_SEARCH_MODEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_DISABLE_APPS_UIMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDINGS_PATHMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_PROVIDERMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBED_CONTEXTMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBED_TIMEOUT_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EXCLUDEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_FASTEMBED_CACHE_DIRMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_FASTEMBED_MODELMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_FILE_WATCHERMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_FILE_WATCHER_DEBOUNCE_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_FILE_WATCHER_ROOT_FLOORMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_FOLDER_WEIGHTSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_FTS_WEIGHTSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET (secret)MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TOKEN (secret)MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_TOKEN (secret)MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_EMAILMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL_CLAIMMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_NAMEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_COMMIT_NAME_CLAIMMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_LFSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PULL_INTERVAL_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_PUSH_DELAY_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_REPO_URLMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN (secret)MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_USERNAMEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_HEALTH_DETAILMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_HTTP_PATHMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEXED_FIELDSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INDEX_PATHMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INSTANCE_DESCRIPTIONMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INSTRUCTIONSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_INSTRUCTIONS_EXTRAMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_JOBS_MAX_PER_SUBJECTMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_JOBS_RESULT_TTL_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_JOBS_SOFT_DEADLINE_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_KV_STORE_URLMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_LENGTH_DOWNWEIGHT_ALPHAMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_LOG_FORMATMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_LOG_LEVELMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_SIZE_MBMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_MAX_CHUNK_CHARSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_MAX_CHUNK_WORDSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_MAX_NOTE_READ_BYTESMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_ADVERTISED_SCOPESMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_AUDIENCEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_IDMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CONFIG_URLMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY (secret)MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_REQUIRED_SCOPESMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_VERIFY_ACCESS_TOKENMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OKF_MODEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OKF_VERIFYMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OKF_WRITEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_CPU_ONLYMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OLLAMA_MODELMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OPENAI_BASE_URLMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODELMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_PROMPTS_FOLDERMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_READ_ONLYMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_REPORT_UNRESOLVED_LINKSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_REQUIRED_FIELDSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SEARCHABLE_FIELDSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SERVER_NAMEMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SHUTDOWN_GRACE_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SNIPPET_WORDSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SOURCE_DIRMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_STATE_PATHMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_MAX_INPUT_CHARSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_MAX_NOTESMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_MAX_TOKENSMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_API_KEY (secret)MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_BASE_URLMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_MODELMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_PROVIDERMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_TIMEOUTMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TEMPLATES_FOLDERMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TITLE_FIELDMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TOOLS_ALLOWMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TOOLS_DENYMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TRANSFER_GRACE_TTL_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TRANSFER_LEASE_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TRANSFER_MAX_UPLOAD_BYTESMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TRANSFER_TTL_DEFAULT_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_TRANSFER_TTL_MAX_SMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_VOYAGE_MODELMARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_WRITE_PROTECT_EXISTINGOLLAMA_HOSTOPENAI_API_KEY (secret)OPENAI_BASE_URLOPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODELPGIDPUIDVOYAGE_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Needle Remote · What it can do: Markdown Vault MCP · Compare two other plugins
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