Apple Notes MCP Server
Apple Notes MCP Server. That is what the apple mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
Read and write Apple Notes, with Apple Notes native formatting support.
The server publishes 14 tools. What each one is for:
Permission — Where to enableAccessibility — System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility > enable nodelist_notes — Browse notes, optionally filter by foldersearch_notes — Find notes by keywordget_note — Read full content as Markdowncreate_note — Write Markdown → natively formatted noteupdate_note — Replace content, preserving folderdelete_note — Move to Recently DeletedElement — Works?Links — Text kept, URL lostFlag — DefaultAction — MethodInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @ailenshen/apple-notes-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Plenty of planning and project tracking servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Apple's toolset — Permission, Accessibility, list_notes and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by ailenshen; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Permission | Where to enable |
| Accessibility | System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility > enable node |
| list_notes | Browse notes, optionally filter by folder |
| search_notes | Find notes by keyword |
| get_note | Read full content as Markdown |
| create_note | Write Markdown → natively formatted note |
| update_note | Replace content, preserving folder |
| delete_note | Move to Recently Deleted |
| Element | Works? |
| Links | Text kept, URL lost |
| Flag | Default |
| Action | Method |
| Read | AppleScript → Markdown |
| Create | Native Markdown import |
{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-notes": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@ailenshen/apple-notes-mcp@latest"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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