A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Bear note-taking app
My Bear MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Bear note-taking app.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants like Claude to read notes from the Bear note-taking app. This implementation connects directly to the Bear SQLite database in a read-only mode, ensuring your notes remain safe and unmodified.
Once My Bear is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
open_note — The open_note tool exposed by this serversearch_notes — The search_notes tool exposed by this serverget_tags — The get_tags tool exposed by this serveropen_tag — The open_tag tool exposed by this servergithub on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Among the planning and project tracking options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. My Bear's toolset — open_note, search_notes, get_tags and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by bart6114; 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 |
|---|---|
| open_note | The open_note tool exposed by this server. |
| search_notes | The search_notes tool exposed by this server. |
| get_tags | The get_tags tool exposed by this server. |
| open_tag | The open_tag tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"my-bear": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "github"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
A knowledge graph your assistant keeps between sessions — entities, relations and observations that persist.
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Your workspace, on speaking terms with AI — search, read and write Notion pages and databases.
A structured scratchpad for hard problems — stepwise reasoning with revisions, branches and visible logic.
Symbol-level code navigation, refactoring and memory for coding agents — the IDE brain your assistant has been missing.
Chat with your second brain — search, read and write vault notes through the Local REST API.