Apple Notes

Notes MCP is an MCP server that facilitates a direct connection between AI assistants and Apple Notes on macOS.

Features

📁 Retrieve all folders in Apple Notes
📝 Fetch all notes within a specific folder
✏️ Create new notes with custom titles and content
🔍 Find notes by ID or exact title match
🔢 Get the total count of notes

Use Cases

AI-powered note organization: Use an AI assistant to categorize and sort your notes across different folders based on content analysis.
Quick note creation: Ask your AI assistant to create new notes directly in Apple Notes without switching applications.
Efficient note retrieval: Utilize natural language queries to find specific notes or folders, enhancing productivity.
Note summarization: Have your AI assistant analyze and summarize lengthy notes, providing concise overviews of your content.

How to Use It

1. Installation:

npm install && npm run build

2. Configuration.

For Claude for Desktop, add the following to ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notes": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/notes/mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

For Cursor, use a similar configuration in your Cursor settings.

3.Verify the setup in Claude or Cursor MCP settings.

4. Standalone usage:

node dist/index.js

5. Available commands:

notes-get-folders: Retrieve all folders
notes-get-notes: Get all notes in a specific folder
notes-create-note: Create a new note with title and content
notes-get-note-by-id: Retrieve a note using its identifier
notes-get-note-by-title: Find a note by exact title match
notes-get-note-count: Get the total number of notes

FAQs

Q: Is Notes MCP compatible with non-Apple note-taking applications?
A: Currently, Notes MCP is designed specifically for Apple Notes on macOS. It doesn’t support other note-taking applications.

Q: Can Notes MCP access notes stored in iCloud?
A: Yes, as long as the notes are synced to your local Apple Notes application on macOS, Notes MCP can access them.

Q: Does Notes MCP require any special permissions to interact with Apple Notes?
A: Notes MCP operates through the standard macOS APIs. You need to grant necessary permissions to the AI assistant or application using Notes MCP to access your Notes data.

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FAQs

Q: What exactly is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

A: MCP is an open standard, like a common language, that lets AI applications (clients) and external data sources or tools (servers) talk to each other. It helps AI models get the context (data, instructions, tools) they need from outside systems to give more accurate and relevant responses. Think of it as a universal adapter for AI connections.

Q: How is MCP different from OpenAI's function calling or plugins?

A: While OpenAI's tools allow models to use specific external functions, MCP is a broader, open standard. It covers not just tool use, but also providing structured data (Resources) and instruction templates (Prompts) as context. Being an open standard means it's not tied to one company's models or platform. OpenAI has even started adopting MCP in its Agents SDK.

Q: Can I use MCP with frameworks like LangChain?

A: Yes, MCP is designed to complement frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex. Instead of relying solely on custom connectors within these frameworks, you can use MCP as a standardized bridge to connect to various tools and data sources. There's potential for interoperability, like converting MCP tools into LangChain tools.

Q: Why was MCP created? What problem does it solve?

A: It was created because large language models often lack real-time information and connecting them to external data/tools required custom, complex integrations for each pair. MCP solves this by providing a standard way to connect, reducing development time, complexity, and cost, and enabling better interoperability between different AI models and tools.

Q: Is MCP secure? What are the main risks?

A: Security is a major consideration. While MCP includes principles like user consent and control, risks exist. These include potential server compromises leading to token theft, indirect prompt injection attacks, excessive permissions, context data leakage, session hijacking, and vulnerabilities in server implementations. Implementing robust security measures like OAuth 2.1, TLS, strict permissions, and monitoring is crucial.

Q: Who is behind MCP?

A: MCP was initially developed and open-sourced by Anthropic. However, it's an open standard with active contributions from the community, including companies like Microsoft and VMware Tanzu who maintain official SDKs.