Bear Notes
About
Integrates with Bear notes on macOS, providing direct database access for efficient retrieval and analysis of personal note content.
Details
- Author
- akseyh
- Repository
- akseyh/bear-mcp-server
- GitHub stars
- 39
- Downloads
- 183
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Productivity, Other, Database, Developer Tools, Design, File Management, AI, Search, Frontend, Project Management, Knowledge Base
Jump to
- Read all notes from Bear
- Search notes by text content
- List all tags used in notes
- Uses Bear's local SQLite database
- No external API required
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Bear NotesCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
bear-mcp-server
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
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Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Clone the repository, install dependencies with npm install, and build with npm run build. Then configure your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop) using either the Docker or NPM configuration in your claude_desktop_config.json. Once started, three tools become available: get_notes, get_tags, and get_notes_like.
get_notes
Retrieves all notes from the Bear database.
get_tags
Lists all tags available in the Bear database.
get_notes_like
Searches for notes containing specific text.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"bear notes": {
"cwd": "optional",
"env": {},
"args": [
"bear-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Linux
{
"cwd": "optional",
"env": [],
"args": [
"bear-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}Macos
{
"cwd": "optional",
"env": [],
"args": [
"bear-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}Windows
{
"cwd": "optional",
"env": [],
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"bear-mcp-server"
],
"command": "cmd"
}Access and manage your Bear Notes from a local SQLite database.
This project is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to theBear Notes.
Bear stores notes on SQLite database. This MCP server runs some SQL commands to access this notes.https://bear.app/faq/where-are-bears-notes-located
- Read notes
- Search notes by text
- List all tags
# Clone the project git clone https://github.com/akseyh/bear-mcp-server # Change directory cd bear-mcp-server # Install dependencies npm install # Build the project npm run build
{ "mcpServers": { "bear": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-v", "/Users/[YOUR_USER_NAME]/Library/Group Containers/9K33E3U3T4.net.shinyfrog.bear/Application Data:/app/db", "-i", "akseyh/bear-mcp-server" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "bear": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "bear-mcp-server" ] } } }
When the server is started, the following MCP tools become available:
- get_notes: Retrieves all notes
- get_tags: Lists all tags
- get_notes_like: Searches for notes containing specific text
- Node.js
- Bear note application (macOS)
- Access to Bear database
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