Bear
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Integrates with Bear note-taking software to enable note creation, search, and organization operations for enhanced knowledge management.
Details
- Author
- jkawamoto
- Repository
- jkawamoto/mcp-bear
- GitHub stars
- 46
- Downloads
- 424
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Productivity, Other, AI, Design, Developer Tools, Search, Frontend, Automation, API
- Tags
- #mobile
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- Opens, creates, and archives Bear notes
- Adds text and files to existing notes
- Retrieves and manages tags (create, rename, delete)
- Searches notes and grabs URLs
- Lists notes by criteria: todo, today, locked, untagged
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
BearCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)uvxArguments-
Argument 1
--from -
Argument 2
git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear -
Argument 3
mcp-bear -
Argument 4
--token -
Argument 5
<YOUR_TOKEN>
Environment-
BEAR_API_TOKEN
<YOUR_TOKEN>
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
> [!NOTE]
> You'll need uv installed on your system to use uvx command.
/open-note
Open a specific note in Bear.
/create
Create a new note in Bear.
/add-text
Add text to a note (partially, via the replace_note and add_title method).
/add-file
Add a file to a note in Bear.
/tags
Retrieve all tags in Bear.
/open-tag
Open a specific tag in Bear.
/rename-tag
Rename an existing tag in Bear.
/delete-tag
Delete a specific tag from Bear.
/trash
Move a note to the trash in Bear.
/archive
Archive a note in Bear.
/untagged
Retrieve all untagged notes in Bear.
/todo
Retrieve all todo items in Bear.
/today
Retrieve notes created today in Bear.
/locked
Retrieve locked notes in Bear.
/search
Search for notes in Bear.
/grab-url
Grab a URL and create a note from it in Bear.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"bear": {
"env": {
"BEAR_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
},
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear",
"mcp-bear",
"--token",
"<YOUR_TOKEN>"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": {
"BEAR_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
},
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear",
"mcp-bear",
"--token",
"<YOUR_TOKEN>"
],
"command": "uvx"
}Macos
{
"env": {
"BEAR_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
},
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear",
"mcp-bear",
"--token",
"<YOUR_TOKEN>"
],
"command": "uvx"
}Windows
{
"env": {
"BEAR_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
},
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear",
"mcp-bear",
"--token",
"<YOUR_TOKEN>"
],
"command": "uvx"
}[!NOTE] This repository is archived. As ofv2.8, Bear now includes a nativeMCP server implementation, making this standalone server unnecessary.
A MCP server for interacting withBearnote-taking software.
[!NOTE] You'll needuvinstalled on your system to useuvxcommand.
goose://extension?cmd=uvx&arg=--from&arg=git%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fjkawamoto%2Fmcp-bear&arg=mcp-bear&id=bear&name=Bear&description=Interacting%20with%20Bear%20note-taking%20software&env=BEAR_API_TOKEN
to launch the installer, then click "Yes" to confirm the installation. SetBEAR_API_TOKENenvironment variable to your api token.
You can also directly edit the config file (~/.config/goose/config.yaml) to include the following entry:
extensions: bear: name: Bear cmd: uvx args: [--from, git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear, mcp-bear] envs: { "BEAR_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>" } enabled: true type: stdio
For more details on configuring MCP servers in Goose, refer to the documentation:Using Extensions | goose.
Download the latest MCP bundlemcp-bear.mcpbfrom theReleasespage, then open the downloaded.mcpbfile or drag it into the Claude Desktop's Settings window.
You can also manually configure this server for Claude Desktop. Edit theclaude_desktop_config.jsonfile by adding the following entry undermcpServers:
{ "mcpServers": { "bear": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "--from", "git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear", "mcp-bear", "--token", "<YOUR_TOKEN>" ] } } }
For more information, see:Connect to local MCP servers - Model Context Protocol.
To configure this server for LM Studio, click the button below.
The server supports the following actions. Refer to Bear'sX-callback-url Scheme documentationfor details on each action.
- /open-note
- /create
- /add-text (partially, via the replace_note and add_title method)
- /add-file
- /tags
- /open-tag
- /rename-tag
- /delete-tag
- /trash
- /archive
- /untagged
- /todo
- /today
- /locked
- /search
- /grab-url
This application is licensed under the MIT License. See theLICENSEfile for more details.
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