Access and search your Apple Notes and iCloud Notes easily with this app. Manage your notes securely and efficiently.
by sirmews·Updated Apr 13, 2026Add new capabilities to Claude beyond text generation
Example: Access external data sources, execute code, interact with tools and services
Transform Claude from chatbot to action-taking agent
Provide Claude with access to relevant context and data
Example: Load project documentation, access knowledge bases, query databases
Get more accurate, context-aware responses
Automate multi-step workflows combining AI and external tools
Example: Research → Summarize → Create document → Send notification
Complete complex tasks end-to-end without manual steps
Time estimate: 15-60 minutes depending on server complexity
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According to our notes, Apple Notes benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
Apple Notes reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
We wired Apple Notes into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
Apple Notes is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
Useful MCP listing: Apple Notes is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
Strong directory entry: Apple Notes surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
I recommend Apple Notes for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
Apple Notes has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
I recommend Apple Notes for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
Strong directory entry: Apple Notes surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
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Claude Desktop configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-notes-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"apple-notes-mcp"
]
}
}
}Connects Claude to your local Apple Notes database so it can read and search through your existing notes. Requires macOS and full disk access permissions.
Apple Notes is a community-built MCP server published by sirmews that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Access and search your Apple Notes and iCloud Notes easily with this app. Manage your notes securely and efficiently. It is categorized under productivity.
You can install Apple Notes in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
Read your local Apple Notes database and provide it to Claude Desktop.
Now Claude can search your most forgotten notes and know even more about you.
Noting could go wrong.
The server implements the ability to read and write to your Apple Notes.
The server provides multiple prompts:
get-all-notes: Get all notes.read-note: Get full content of a specific note.search-notes: Search through notes.Recommend using uv to install the server locally for Claude.
uvx apple-notes-mcp
OR
uv pip install apple-notes-mcp
Add your config as described below.
On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Note: You might need to use the direct path to uv. Use which uv to find the path.
Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration
"mcpServers": {
"apple-notes-mcp": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"{project_dir}",
"run",
"apple-notes-mcp"
]
}
}
Published Servers Configuration
"mcpServers": {
"apple-notes-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"apple-notes-mcp"
]
}
}
You'll need to grant Full Disk Access to the server. This is because the Apple Notes sqlite database is nested deep in the MacOS file system.
I may look at an AppleScript solution in the future if this annoys me further or if I want to start adding/appending to Apple Notes.
To prepare the package for distribution:
uv sync
uv build
This will create source and wheel distributions in the dist/ directory.
uv publish
Note: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:
--token or UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN--username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME and --password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORDSince MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the MCP Inspector.
You can launch the MCP Inspector via npm with this command:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory {project_dir} run apple-notes-mcp
Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
The source code is available on GitHub.
Send your ideas and feedback to me on Bluesky or by opening an issue.
Steps
Troubleshooting
✓ Do
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Architecture
Model Context Protocol standardizes how AI hosts (Claude, Cursor) communicate with external tools and data sources through server implementations.
Protocols
Compatibility
✓ Use when
Use when you need Claude to access external data, execute actions, or integrate with tools. Best for extending AI capabilities beyond conversation.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid when native integrations exist (use official APIs directly), for real-time critical systems, or when security/compliance requires zero external dependencies.
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