Search, read, create, edit and sync Joplin notes and notebooks via a headless Joplin sidecar.
Joplin-mcp-server is an MCP integration. Search, read, create, edit and sync Joplin notes and notebooks via a headless Joplin sidecar.
The published npm package is joplin-mcp-server, version 2.3.3. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.
The package declares JOPLIN_TOKEN: Joplin API token, for external mode only (see JOPLIN_HOST). Sidecar mode manages its own token and ignores this.; JOPLIN_HOST: Connect to an existing Joplin instance at this host instead of running a sidecar; JOPLIN_PORT: Port of the existing Joplin instance (default: 41184); JOPLIN_PROFILE: Joplin data directory for sidecar mode (default: ~/.config/joplin-mcp); JOPLIN_CLI: Path to the joplin CLI binary, overriding auto-detection; JOPLIN_SYNC_TARGET: Sync target: none, filesystem, webdav, nextcloud, joplin-cloud, joplin-server, s3, dropbox, onedrive (default: none); JOPLIN_SYNC_PATH: Sync target URL or path; the bucket name for the s3 target; JOPLIN_SYNC_USERNAME: Sync username or email; the access key for the s3 target; JOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORD: Sync password; the secret key for the s3 target; JOPLIN_SYNC_REGION: S3 region (default: us-east-1); JOPLIN_SYNC_ENDPOINT: S3 endpoint URL for non-AWS providers such as Backblaze B2, MinIO, R2 or Wasabi (default: https://s3.amazonaws.com/); JOPLIN_SYNC_FORCE_PATH_STYLE: Use path-style S3 URLs, which self-hosted providers such as MinIO usually require: true or false (default: false); LOG_LEVEL: Log verbosity: debug, info, warn or error (default: info).
Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.
View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 2.3.3 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.
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| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| JOPLIN_TOKEN | Joplin API token, for external mode only (see JOPLIN_HOST). Sidecar mode manages its own token and ignores this. | Optional |
| JOPLIN_HOST | Connect to an existing Joplin instance at this host instead of running a sidecar | Optional |
| JOPLIN_PORT | Port of the existing Joplin instance (default: 41184) | Optional |
| JOPLIN_PROFILE | Joplin data directory for sidecar mode (default: ~/.config/joplin-mcp) | Optional |
| JOPLIN_CLI | Path to the joplin CLI binary, overriding auto-detection | Optional |
| JOPLIN_SYNC_TARGET | Sync target: none, filesystem, webdav, nextcloud, joplin-cloud, joplin-server, s3, dropbox, onedrive (default: none) | Optional |
| JOPLIN_SYNC_PATH | Sync target URL or path; the bucket name for the s3 target | Optional |
| JOPLIN_SYNC_USERNAME | Sync username or email; the access key for the s3 target | Optional |
| JOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORD | Sync password; the secret key for the s3 target | Optional |
| JOPLIN_SYNC_REGION | S3 region (default: us-east-1) | Optional |
| JOPLIN_SYNC_ENDPOINT | S3 endpoint URL for non-AWS providers such as Backblaze B2, MinIO, R2 or Wasabi (default: https://s3.amazonaws.com/) | Optional |
| JOPLIN_SYNC_FORCE_PATH_STYLE | Use path-style S3 URLs, which self-hosted providers such as MinIO usually require: true or false (default: false) | Optional |
| LOG_LEVEL | Log verbosity: debug, info, warn or error (default: info) | Optional |
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