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 note
Add this skill
npx mdskills install sirmews/apple-notes-mcpProvides useful Apple Notes access with clear setup, but over-scoped permissions are concerning
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Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration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.
Install via CLI
npx mdskills install sirmews/apple-notes-mcpApple Notes MCP is a free, open-source AI agent skill. 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 note
Install Apple Notes MCP with a single command:
npx mdskills install sirmews/apple-notes-mcpThis downloads the skill files into your project and your AI agent picks them up automatically.
Apple Notes MCP works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Vscode Copilot, Windsurf, Continue Dev, Gemini Cli, Amp, Roo Code, Goose. Skills use the open SKILL.md format which is compatible with any AI coding agent that reads markdown instructions.