What is the Notes MCP server?
Local markdown notes: ranked + semantic search, tags, todos, and a wiki-link knowledge graph.
How to install Notes
Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.
NOTES_DIRDirectory containing your markdown notes (defaults to ~/notes).
NOTES_READONLYSet to 1 or true to disable all note-modifying tools.
NOTES_MODEL_DIRWhere the semantic-search embedding model is cached.
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