Write and search your notes in The Vault
The Vault opens a folder of Markdown notes on your computer inside Yardmaster, with an editor, links between notes, search, and optional AI help.
The Vault turns a folder of notes on your computer into a notebook inside Yardmaster: browse your notes, write with formatting, link notes to each other and search them all. Your notes stay ordinary Markdown files in that folder, so any other notes app can open them too.
Turn it on and pick your folder#
Open Settings > Optional Features and turn on Enable The Vault.
In the Vault card below it, click Choose folder… and pick the folder that holds your notes (or an empty folder to start one). Yardmaster says This folder looks good. when it can use it.
Click The Vault in the sidebar's Productivity group.
The first time, a short Quick Reference guide walks you through the basics; you can close it and take it again later from the same Settings page.
Write and organize notes#
New note at the top of Files makes a note. Right-click a folder for New note here or New folder here.
Click a note to open it in a tab. Format with the toolbar or the usual keys, such as Command plus B⌘BCtrl plus BCtrlB for bold.
Type
[[to link to another note by name. The side panel lists Backlinks, the notes that link to the one you are reading.Paste or drop an image into a note to add it.
Right-click a note to Rename, Hide it from the list, or Delete it.
Changes are saved to the file as you type. If you edit a note in another app, The Vault picks up the change.
Search your notes#
Press Command plus P⌘PCtrl plus PCtrlP inside The Vault to search every note at once. Press Option plus Command plus \⌥⌘\Ctrl plus Alt plus \CtrlAlt\ to show or hide the list of files.
Let your agents read your notes#
Turn on Expose Vault to spawned agents to give every new session tools to search and read your notes. Agents can only read, never change, and hidden notes are left out. It is off at first.
Ask AI about your notes#
Click Ask AI about your notes in the editor toolbar and choose Summarize this note, Find related notes or Ask a question.... Each one starts a session that reads your notes and points you to real pages. It uses your Claude plan like any other session.
Where your notes live. The notes are the files in the folder you picked. Yardmaster also keeps a search index of them in its own database on this computer. Watch vault for changes (on at first) keeps it up to date while you work.
Smart connections. The side panel can also suggest notes related to the one you are reading; this runs on your computer.
Its own look. The Vault appearance settings give The Vault its own theme, font, text size and page width.
Its own window. Option plus Command plus N⌥⌘NCtrl plus Alt plus NCtrlAltN (on a Mac, Option plus Command plus N⌥⌘NCtrl plus Alt plus NCtrlAltN) opens The Vault in a separate window.
On a phone. The Vault works from a paired phone with a layout made for small screens.
Related
- Jot a quick noteScratchpads catch a thought in two keystrokes, and Sticky Notes keep a note floating on screen. Both stay on this computer.
- See and remove your stored keysStored Keys lists every API key and secret Yardmaster keeps on this computer, by name only, so you can find, replace or delete them without ever showing a value.