Bear Notes MCP

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear-notes-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bear-notes-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UI_ENABLE_NEW_NOTE_CONVENTION": "your-value",
        "UI_ENABLE_CONTENT_REPLACEMENT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --env UI_ENABLE_NEW_NOTE_CONVENTION=your-value --env UI_ENABLE_CONTENT_REPLACEMENT=your-value --transport stdio bear-notes-mcp -- npx -y bear-notes-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear-notes-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bear-notes-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UI_ENABLE_NEW_NOTE_CONVENTION": "your-value",
        "UI_ENABLE_CONTENT_REPLACEMENT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "bear-notes-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bear-notes-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UI_ENABLE_NEW_NOTE_CONVENTION": "your-value",
        "UI_ENABLE_CONTENT_REPLACEMENT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

• bear-open-note

  Read the full text content of a Bear note by its ID or title, including OCR'd text from attached images and PDFs

• bear-create-note

  Create a new note in your Bear library with optional title, content, and tags

• bear-search-notes

  Find notes by relevance across titles, body, and OCR-extracted text from attached images and PDFs.

• bear-add-text

  Insert text at the beginning or end of a Bear note, or within a specific section identified by its header.

• bear-replace-text

  Replace content in an existing Bear note — either the full body or a specific section.

• bear-add-file

  Attach a local file (image, PDF, document) to an existing Bear note by its ID or title.

• bear-list-tags

  List all tags in your Bear library as a hierarchical tree with note counts

• bear-find-untagged-notes

  Find notes in your Bear library that have no tags assigned

• bear-add-tag

  Add one or more tags to an existing Bear note. Requires the note's current revision token (the Revision: N line from…

• bear-archive-note

  Archive a Bear note to remove it from active lists without deleting it

• bear-rename-tag

  Rename a tag across all notes in your Bear library

• bear-delete-tag

  Delete a tag from all notes in your Bear library without affecting the notes

• bear-capabilities

  Report the current server mode (read-only or Edit Mode) and how to unlock additional capabilities

An unofficial, opinionated MCP server for Bear Notes — built around relevance-ranked search instead of substring matching. Results come ranked across titles, bodies, and hierarchical tags, with snippets and combinable filters (tag, date, pinned). Reads run direct against Bear's SQLite database — no Bear app required for queries.

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