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Command line

datanotes 1.3.0: Markdown notes as database tables, for you and your agents.
Usage:
datanotes serve --vault <folder> [options] run the engine and its HTTP API (/datanotes/*)
datanotes --version | --help
Options:
--vault <folder> the vault (or DATANOTES_VAULT)
--settings <file> settings file (default <vault>/.datanotes/service.json)
--host <address> listen address (default 127.0.0.1)
--watch events|poll how file changes are seen (default events)
--poll-ms <ms> poll interval (default 3000)
--embedding-key-file <file> API key of the embedding provider (or DATANOTES_EMBEDDING_KEY)
--git-sync commit, pull and push the vault (--git-interval-min, --git-quiet-s, --git-no-push)
--log <file> append console output to a file
Agents connect through the MCP server: npx datanotes-mcp (https://datanotes.dev/start/connect-agents/).
Docs: https://datanotes.dev