Apple Notes MCP Server

Name: Apple Notes MCP Server
Author: io.github.JonathanRReed

io.github.JonathanRReed/apple-mcp-notes

Repository Registry

What is the Apple Notes MCP server?

Inspect, search, create, edit, move, and organize notes in Apple Notes on macOS.

How to install Apple Notes

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE
Safety mode for Notes operations: safe_readonly, safe_manage, or full_access.
APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS
Comma-separated allow-list of Notes account names. Empty allows all accounts.
APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS
Comma-separated allow-list of Notes folder names. Empty allows all folders.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mcp-notes": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-mcp-notes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE>",
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS>",
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mcp-notes": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-mcp-notes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE>",
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS>",
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mcp-notes": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-mcp-notes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE>",
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS>",
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "apple-mcp-notes": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-mcp-notes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE>",
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS>",
        "APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS": "<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add apple-mcp-notes --env APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE=<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_SAFETY_MODE> --env APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS=<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS> --env APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS=<YOUR_APPLE_NOTES_MCP_ALLOWED_FOLDERS> -- uvx apple-mcp-notes