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bear-notes-mcp

Active·★ 206·MIT·Updated 2026-07-09

Bear Notes MCP Server enables AI assistants to search, read, create, and update Bear Notes locally with OCR support. It uses Bear's SQLite database and native API for complete privacy, providing 13 MCP tools for note management.

bear-notes-mcp sits in the Dev Tooling category, so it is usually better judged by workflow fit, deployment style, and team needs than by isolated features alone. Based on the available metadata, it leans most clearly toward OCR search — finds text inside attached images and PDFs. A representative use case is Summarize a conversation and create a Bear note with the summary. The listed license is MIT. GitHub stars are currently 205. Relevant tags include ai-assistant, bear.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool.

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$ Install
$ npx -y bear-notes-mcp@latest
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01

Features

01OCR search — finds text inside attached images and PDFs
02Date-based search with relative dates
03Tag management — list, add, rename, delete tags
04Opt-in new note convention placing tags after title
05Opt-in content replacement for full note body or sections
02

Why choose it

+OCR search — finds text inside attached images and PDFs
+Date-based search with relative dates
+Summarize a conversation and create a Bear note with the summary
+Comes with a clearly listed MIT license.
03

Trade-offs

!Compatibility coverage appears narrow, so your target environment should be validated before adoption.
04

Compatibility

macOS
macOS
Verified via docs
05

Quick start

1
$ npx -y bear-notes-mcp@latest
06

Use cases

↳Summarize a conversation and create a Bear note with the summary
↳Brainstorm blog post ideas and save the best ones to a Bear note
↳Restructure an outline in an existing Bear note
07

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VSmcp-claude-spotify★53→VSgrainulator★86→VSbetter-bear★68→

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MCP Server for Bear note taking app available as Claude Desktop extension or standalone server for any other AI tool

206MIT
Last commit3mo ago
StatusActive
CategoryDev Tooling
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