mcp-bear

Overview

The Bear MCP server provides a comprehensive integration with Bear note-taking software, exposing numerous actions through the Model Context Protocol. It supports opening, creating, modifying notes, managing tags, and performing various organizational tasks within Bear. The server is actively maintained with recent commits and includes detailed installation instructions for multiple MCP clients including Goose, Claude Desktop, and LM Studio.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 3 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• /open-note

  Opens a specific Bear note

  Try:Open my grocery list noteTry:Show me the meeting notes from yesterday
• /create

  Creates a new Bear note

  Try:Create a new note called 'Project Ideas'Try:Make a note with my weekly goals
• /add-text

  Adds text to an existing Bear note

  Try:Add this quote to my research noteTry:Append the meeting transcript to my notes
• /add-file

  Adds a file to a Bear note

  Try:Attach the PDF report to my project notesTry:Add the image to my design concepts note
• /tags

  Lists tags in Bear notes

  Try:Show me all my tagsTry:List tags in my notes
• /open-tag

  Opens all notes with a specific tag

  Try:Show me all notes tagged 'work'Try:Open notes with the 'ideas' tag
• /rename-tag

  Renames a tag in Bear notes

  Try:Rename 'urgent' to 'high-priority'Try:Change 'project-alpha' to 'Project Alpha'
• /delete-tag

  Deletes a tag from Bear notes

  Try:Remove the 'old' tag from all notesTry:Delete the 'temp' tag
• /trash

  Moves a Bear note to trash

  Try:Trash my draft notesTry:Move the old meeting notes to trash
• /archive

  Archives a Bear note

  Try:Archive completed project notesTry:Put last week's notes in archive
• /untagged

  Shows notes without any tags

  Try:Show me notes without tagsTry:Find untagged notes
• /search

  Searches Bear notes with keywords

  Try:Search for notes about 'budget'Try:Find all mentions of 'client meeting'

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Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear",
        "mcp-bear",
        "--token",
        "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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