# Build Vault
> Transforms The Build Podcast into a searchable knowledge base using hybrid vector and full-text search, providing semantic search across business ideas, frameworks, products, and expert insights from podcast episodes with speaker-specific filtering and analytics resources.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/build-vault
Last updated: 2026-10-28
## Catalog record

- Publisher: the-build-podcast
- Categories: search, memory

## Website

https://vault.buildaipod.com/

## Repository

https://github.com/the-build-podcast/build-vault-mcp-server

## Transports

streamable-http

## Authentication

No credentials were configured; the tested read-only tool “list_products” succeeded in an isolated environment. Other tools may have additional requirements.

## Tools

- **list_products**: List AI insights from vault.buildaipod.com with optional filtering.
- **search_products**: Semantic search for AI insights using natural language.
- **get_product_details**: Get detailed information about a specific AI insight by ID.
- **find_similar_products**: Find insights similar to a given insight using vector similarity.
- **search_by_date_range**: Find AI insights from episodes published within a date range.
- **search_by_category**: Search AI insights by category (frameworks, points_of_view, business_ideas, stories, quotes, products).
- **search_by_timeframe**: Search insights within a within-episode timestamp range.
- **get_timeline_insights**: Get chronological insights across episodes (newest first).
- **list_episodes**: List podcast episodes ordered by date with numbers, titles and metadata.
- **search**: Search AI insights, episodes and topics from the Build AI Pod vault for deep research.
- **fetch**: Retrieve complete content with full context and metadata for deep research and citation.
- **list_products_catalog**: Browse the curated AI product catalog (approved products), most-mentioned first.
- **search_products_catalog**: Find products in the catalog by natural-language query (semantic when available).
- **get_catalog_product**: Get detailed information about a product from the catalog by ID.
- **search_segments**: Semantic search over podcast transcript segments.
- **list_episode_links**: List enriched links/resources referenced across episodes (Spotlight).
- **insights_by_domain**: Filter insights by technical domain and/or implementation difficulty (1-5).
- **insights_by_tool_category**: Filter insights by tool category.

## Sources

- [MCP.Directory public profile](https://mcp.directory/servers/build-vault)
- [Linked publisher repository](https://github.com/the-build-podcast/build-vault-mcp-server)
- [MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint](https://mcp.buildaipod.com/mcp)
- [maintainer_repository_documentation](https://github.com/the-build-podcast/build-vault-mcp-server)

## Setup

Use the interactive setup panel on [the detail page](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/build-vault) to view instructions for each supported client.