📝 Apple Notes MCP Server

MCP server for apple notes

Local serverstdioTypeScript

What is the 📝 Apple Notes MCP server?

Connect 📝 Apple Notes to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for apple notes. The 📝 apple notes mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

  1. macOS with Apple Notes app configured 2. Node.js (version 20.0.0 or higher) 3. Yarn package manager

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • Description — Creates a new note in Apple Notes
  • Parameters — typescript
  • Prerequisites — 1. macOS with Apple Notes app configured 2. Node.js (version 20.0.0 or higher) 3. Yarn package manager
  • Installation — 5. Configure Claude Desktop. Update your claude_desktop_config.json with: json { "mcpServers": { "apple-notes": { "command": "yarn", "args"

Installation

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

Credentials and setup notes

  1. macOS with Apple Notes app configured 2. Node.js (version 20.0.0 or higher) 3. Yarn package manager

Where it fits

This sits in the planning and project tracking group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. 📝 Apple Notes's toolset — Description, Parameters, Prerequisites and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Siddhant-K-code; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against 📝 Apple Notes's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
DescriptionCreates a new note in Apple Notes
Parameterstypescript
Prerequisites1. macOS with Apple Notes app configured 2. Node.js (version 20.0.0 or higher) 3. Yarn package manager
Installation5. Configure Claude Desktop. Update your claude_desktop_config.json with: json { "mcpServers": { "apple-notes": { "command": "yarn", "args": ["start"], "cwd": "/path/to/mcp-apple-notes" } } }

How to install the 📝 Apple Notes MCP server

{
     "mcpServers": {
       "apple-notes": {
         "command": "yarn",
         "args": ["start"],
         "cwd": "/path/to/mcp-apple-notes"
       }
     }
   }

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

  1. macOS with Apple Notes app configured 2. Node.js (version 20.0.0 or higher) 3. Yarn package manager

Example prompts to try

  • Use 📝 Apple Notes to Description.
  • Use 📝 Apple Notes to Parameters.
  • Use 📝 Apple Notes to Prerequisites.

Frequently asked questions

No. The README includes a caution: "Not actively maintained. Use at your own risk!"