# mcp-apple-notes

Connect an MCP client to Apple Notes to manage notes and folders through an agent. Use it to search notes or update their contents from your coding assistant.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 53
- Author: henilcalagiya
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/henilcalagiya/mcp-apple-notes
- Updated: 2025-09-11
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/mcp-apple-notes

## What it does

The server exposes MCP tools for creating, reading, editing, deleting, moving, and searching notes. Folder tools cover creation, lookup, renaming, deletion, and moving. You can also inspect the folder and note hierarchy.

AppleScript handles communication with Apple Notes. Note content can use HTML, including headings, lists, tables, and links; nested folder paths support up to five levels. The server requires macOS, Python 3.10+, and the Apple Notes app. It needs permission to access Notes and run AppleScript, so check those macOS permissions before connecting it.

## Requirements
- Needs: Python and uv (commands run via uvx)

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add mcp-apple-notes -- uvx mcp-apple-notes
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-apple-notes <command>

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add mcp-apple-notes -- uvx mcp-apple-notes
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-apple-notes <command>

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-apple-notes": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-apple-notes"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-apple-notes <command>

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "mcp-apple-notes": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-apple-notes"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-apple-notes <command>

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add mcp-apple-notes uvx mcp-apple-notes
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-apple-notes <command>

## When to use it
- create a note with HTML content
- find notes by keyword
- move a note to another folder
- rename or relocate a folder
- inspect the note and folder hierarchy

## Example prompts
- Create an Apple Notes entry with a heading and a shopping list.
- Find notes containing “project” and show their folders.
- Move the note with ID `...` into the “Archive” folder.

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