Apple Notes (connerkward) MCP Server
mcp-apple-notes is an MCP server for semantic search and connection-discovery across your own Apple Notes - hybrid search, Swanson-ABC bridges, entity threads, and cited synthesis over everything you've written. Its 18 documented tools cover notes, note, index.
People who work with notes, note and index and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in HTML.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-06-17 · ★ 8 · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
MIT · HTML · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Apple Notes (connerkward)
before you install - you'll need
SYNTH_BASE_URL
Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.
Claude Desktop
Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/connerkward/mcp-apple-notes/releases/download/v1.0.2/mcp-apple-notes.mcpb .mcpb bundle02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)
repository a fork of another project - check the upstream repo before trusting releases
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.connerkward is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Apple Notes (connerkward) can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
What you can build
With this server connected, an agent can extract pipe/tab-separated tables from a note, create a note, edit an existing note, and check if notes changed since last index (without triggering re-index).
Capability map
Tools grouped from the project's README - what Apple Notes (connerkward) lets an agent do.
Notes
6 tools - e.g. Semantic + FTS search; optional folder, modifiedAfter, modifiedBefore; Exact substring search (like Apple Notes built-in); optional folder, date range; Notes sorted by recency; optional folder, date…
search-notes · find-notes · list-notes · related-notes · bridge-notes · entity-notes
read & search
5 tools - e.g. All folders with note counts; All hashtags across notes, sorted by frequency; Notes containing a specific hashtag
list-folders · list-tags · search-by-tag · list-entities · get-tables
Note
3 tools - e.g. Full note by title; fuzzy fallback on no exact match; Create a note; Edit an existing note
get-note · create-note · update-note
Index
2 tools - e.g. Background indexing with live progress UI; Sync status, last indexed time, note count
index-notes · index-health
Feed
1 tool - e.g. The ranked evidence-first connection feed (bridges + abstraction pairs + entity threads) as JSON; optional limit
feed
Check
1 tool - e.g. Check if notes changed since last index (without triggering re-index)
check-changes
Latest releases
v1.0.2 · 2026-06-17
v1.0.1 · 2026-06-17
v1.0.0 · 2026-06-17
04 · Who maintains Apple Notes (connerkward)
Apple Notes is maintained by connerkward. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/connerkward/mcp-apple-notes
- category
- other - actively maintained as of 2026-09-18.
- registry
- io.github.connerkward/mcp-apple-notes (active, first published 2026-06-17 · 3 versions)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/connerkward/mcp-apple-notes/releases/download/v1.0.2/mcp-apple-notes.mcpb
06 · Apple Notes (connerkward) FAQ
Is Apple Notes (connerkward) still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-06-17. We re-verify nightly.
What can Apple Notes (connerkward) do?
With this server connected, an agent can extract pipe/tab-separated tables from a note, create a note, edit an existing note, and check if notes changed since last index (without triggering re-index).
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