Vigil Wiki FAQ

Last updated: May 28, 2026

What is Vigil Wiki?

Vigil Wiki is a private note-keeping and note-sharing app for long-form thinking, drafts, markdown notes, wikilinks, backlinks, tags, groups, and public note pages.

It is built for text notes. It is not a general cloud drive, media host, backup locker, piracy host, CDN, or binary file storage service.

Is the web app free?

Yes. The Vigil Wiki web app is free to use as a personal notebook.

What does MCP access cost?

MCP access currently costs:

• $3.99 per month, or
• $29.99 per year.

Prices may change, but the applicable price will be shown before purchase or renewal where required.

What is MCP?

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It lets compatible AI clients and agents connect to tools exposed by Vigil Wiki. With your permission, an agent can read, search, create, edit, organize, publish, or unpublish notes.

Can I connect Vigil Wiki to Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. Vigil Wiki is designed to connect to compatible AI clients such as Claude and ChatGPT through MCP, subject to the capabilities and approval requirements of each platform.

You should connect only clients and agents you trust. Third-party AI platforms have their own terms, privacy policies, and data-handling practices.

What permissions can an AI agent request?

Typical permissions include:

• notes:read - read, list, retrieve, or search notes and note metadata;
• notes:write - create, update, organize, or delete notes; and
• notes:publish - publish or unpublish notes on the public web.

Some account settings may also include a private-note-read toggle so you can gate whether private notes can be read by connected agents.

Can an AI agent publish a note publicly?

Only if the integration has the required publish permission and the action is authorized through the applicable client or consent flow.

Publishing is a public action. A published note can be viewed by anyone with the URL and may be indexed or copied by third parties. Always review content before publishing.

Are my notes private?

Private notes are private unless you publish them, share them through an authorized integration, or otherwise disclose them.

Private does not mean end-to-end encrypted unless Vigil Wiki expressly says so. Do not use Vigil Wiki as a password manager, secrets vault, medical records system, legal archive, payment-card vault, or regulated compliance storage product.

What happens when I publish a note?

Publishing turns the note into a public web page at a vigil.wiki URL. Anyone can read it without logging in. Search engines, archival services, and other users may copy or index it.

You can unpublish a note, but unpublishing cannot remove third-party copies, screenshots, caches, search results, or archived versions outside Vigil Wiki's control.

Does Vigil Wiki show ads or track users for advertising?

No. Vigil Wiki does not show advertisements, does not sell personal information, and does not use cross-site advertising trackers.

Like most web services, Vigil Wiki may process limited operational and security logs to run the service, prevent abuse, debug errors, protect accounts, and enforce the Terms of Use.

Does Vigil Wiki train AI models on my private notes?

No. Vigil Wiki does not use private notes to train its own AI models.

If you connect Vigil Wiki to Claude, ChatGPT, or another AI client, that client may process note data according to its own terms and privacy policy. Review the third-party policy before connecting.

Can I use Vigil Wiki to store images, videos, music, archives, binaries, or backups?

No. Vigil Wiki is for notes and text material only.

You may not store or reconstruct non-text files by pasting, splitting, serializing, deserializing, encoding, encrypting, compressing, base64-encoding, hex-encoding, chunking, or otherwise disguising binary data as text.

Accounts used this way may be banned, the data may be deleted, and paid users will not receive refunds except where required by law.

Can I publish copyrighted material?

No, unless you have the rights, permission, license, or a valid legal basis to publish it.

Do not publish books, articles, paywalled content, lyrics, scripts, course materials, leaked documents, images, videos, software, datasets, or other protected material without authorization. Do not use AI rewriting or summarization to launder copyrighted material.

What content is prohibited?

You may not use Vigil Wiki to store, publish, promote, or coordinate illegal, harmful, abusive, or rights-violating content. Prohibited content includes threats, harassment, doxxing, copyright infringement, piracy, hate or extremist content, child sexual abuse material, non-consensual sexual content, self-harm encouragement or instructions, malware, phishing, fraud, weapons instructions, illegal drug activity, personal data dumps, and anything unlawful under applicable laws, including U.S. or Japanese law where applicable.

Can I write privately about sensitive personal experiences?

Private journaling is allowed, including writing about difficult experiences. However, Vigil Wiki may restrict content that instructs, encourages, facilitates, coordinates, or glorifies harm, abuse, illegal activity, or self-harm.

What happens if someone violates the rules?

Vigil Wiki may remove content, unpublish notes, restrict MCP access, suspend or terminate accounts, delete data, block payments, and take other enforcement actions. Serious violations may be reported to relevant authorities where appropriate.

Paid accounts terminated for violations do not receive refunds except where required by law.

Can I store passwords, API keys, seed phrases, or government IDs?

No. Vigil Wiki is not a password manager or regulated secure vault. Do not store passwords, API keys, private keys, seed phrases, MFA codes, payment card data, social security numbers, Japanese My Number identifiers, passports, medical records, or other highly sensitive data.

Can I use Vigil Wiki for code snippets?

Short text snippets, notes about code, and markdown documentation are generally fine. Using Vigil Wiki to host software releases, executable payloads, malware, binary artifacts, private repositories, package archives, or deployable applications is not allowed.

Can I export my notes?

Use any export or copy controls available in the app. If you need help accessing or deleting your data, contact support@vigil.wiki.

Can I delete my account?

You can request account deletion through available account controls or by contacting support@vigil.wiki. Some records may be retained for a limited time in backups, billing records, abuse-prevention records, security logs, or legal records as described in the Privacy Policy.

How do I revoke Claude, ChatGPT, or MCP access?

Use Vigil Wiki account settings, connected-app controls, or the relevant third-party platform's authorization settings to revoke access. Revoking access may prevent the AI client from reading, writing, or publishing notes through Vigil Wiki.

Can I buy or manage my subscription inside ChatGPT or Claude?

Subscription checkout and billing are handled on vigil.wiki or through Vigil Wiki's payment processor, not inside ChatGPT or Claude. The connected-agent experience should not ask you to enter payment card details in a chat, note, tool call, or prompt.

Is Vigil Wiki endorsed by OpenAI or Anthropic?

No. Unless expressly stated in writing, Vigil Wiki is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, ChatGPT, or any other third-party platform.

How do I report copyright infringement or illegal content?

Email copyright complaints to copyright@vigil.wiki. For other abuse, safety, or legal reports, contact support@vigil.wiki.

Include the public note URL, a description of the issue, your contact information, and any information that helps us evaluate the report.

What should reviewers know about the connector?

Vigil Wiki's connector is intended to expose narrow, note-specific tools. Read tools should be separate from write tools. Publishing tools should be treated as public-output actions because they can make content visible on the public web. Tool descriptions should accurately describe what each tool does and should not request unrelated chat history, raw transcripts, precise location, payment card data, government IDs, health records, passwords, API keys, or broad profile data.