Bear Notes MCP

Name: Bear Notes MCP
Availability: InStock
Author: vasylenko

by vasylenko

Local-only MCP server to search, read, and manage Bear notes with OCR support on macOS.

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What it does

Integrates the Bear note-taking app with AI assistants. It provides a privacy-first, local-only bridge that reads Bear's SQLite database for high-performance search (including OCR for images/PDFs) and uses the native API for note creation and updates.

Tools

bear-search-notes: Find notes via text, tags, or relative date ranges (e.g., "last week").
bear-open-note: Retrieve full text and OCR content from a specific note.
bear-create-note: Create new notes with titles, content, and tags.
bear-add-text: Append or insert text into specific sections of a note.
bear-list-tags: View the entire tag hierarchy and note counts.
bear-grab-url: Convert web pages directly into Bear notes via markdown.

Installation

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear-notes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "bear-notes-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

claude
cursor
codex

Quick install

npx -y bear-notes-mcp@latest

Information

Pricing: free
Published: 4/14/2026
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Choose your AI client and follow the steps below.

Codex

Add bear-notes-mcp to AGENTS.md or mcp config

Cursor

{"mcpServers": {"bear-notes": {"command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "bear-notes-mcp@latest"]}}}

Claude Desktop

{"mcpServers": {"bear-notes": {"command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "bear-notes-mcp@latest"]}}}