bear-mcp
Enables Claude to interact with Bear notes (via better-bear-cli) for listing, searching, creating, editing, and exporting notes through natural language.
README
bear-mcp
An MCP server that gives Claude direct access to your Bear notes via better-bear-cli (bcli).
bcli talks to Bear through CloudKit (the same path Bear Web uses), so it's safe to run alongside Bear without touching the local SQLite database.
Prerequisites
-
better-bear-cli installed and authenticated:
brew install bcli # or however you install it bcli auth # authenticate with Bear / iCloud -
Node.js 18+
Setup
cd /path/to/bear-mcp
npm install
npm run build
Then register in ~/.claude.json under the project you want bear-mcp available in:
{
"mcpServers": {
"bear-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/Users/you/Developer/MCP Servers/bear-mcp/dist/index.js"]
}
}
}
Available Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
bear_list_notes |
List notes, optionally filtered by tag or including archived/trashed |
bear_get_note |
Get the full content of a note by ID |
bear_list_tags |
List all tags across your notes |
bear_search_notes |
Full-text search across notes |
bear_create_note |
Create a new note with title, body, and tags |
bear_edit_note |
Append text to an existing note |
bear_trash_note |
Move a note to trash |
bear_export_notes |
Export notes as Markdown files to a directory |
Environment Variables
| Variable | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
BEAR_BCLI_PATH |
PATH lookup | Override path to the bcli binary |
BEAR_MCP_LOG |
off | Set to debug to enable stderr logging |
Development
npm run dev # TypeScript watch mode
npm run build # Compile to dist/
npm start # Run compiled server
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