Apple Notes MCP server
Search, read and act on Apple Notes — folders, attachments, writes off by default
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4 stars416 downloads/wk
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Apple Notes tools
No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.
How Apple Notes compares
Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 92/100
- higher than 90% of 3,470 Web search servers
- GitHub stars
- 4
- more than 75% of 1,786 Web search servers
- Downloads a week
- 416
- more than 82% of 827 Web search servers with a package
Release history: 14 versions in the registry since 2026-09-16, latest 2026-11-03, typically one every 3 days.
Install Apple Notes in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
Runs npx -y @mgcrea/mcp-apple-notes on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add mcp-apple-notes -- npx -y @mgcrea/mcp-apple-notes
What the publisher says
From the Apple Notes repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
Cupertino
Put your agent to work in your everyday Apple apps.
MCP servers for the Apple apps already on your Mac, and the signed app that grants them their permissions once instead of once each — for any agent that speaks MCP, not for one host.
Unofficial. Not affiliated with Apple. These drive the apps that are already on your Mac.
In use
Look at how I write in my work inbox, then draft this reply in the same voice.
Pull together everything about the Atlas launch from my mail, my notes and my calendar. What do I
still owe people?
Turn the action items from yesterday's client thread into reminders, due Friday.
Every one of those carries a constraint — an account, a date bound, a filter. That is the part the naive osascript path answers in 74 seconds or answers wrongly, and the reason a server earns its place: it holds what the model would otherwise re-derive every session. The measurements are in docs/verify.md; what the alternatives cost is in docs/alternatives.md.
The last one needs the write gate open on Reminders. Writes are off per surface until you turn them on, and the toggle decides whether the mutating tools are registered at all — an agent with writes off cannot see that they exist.
Surfaces
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Apple Notes: common questions
- Is Apple Notes MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the Apple Notes safety report
- How do I install Apple Notes?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Apple Notes need an API key?
- No secret keys are declared. It reads 2 settings from the environment.
- Is Apple Notes maintained?
- The last commit was 32 days ago (2026-10-02). The latest release is v1.36.2.
- What can I use instead of Apple Notes?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Silica Core MCP server, HIG Doctor MCP server and Apple Mail MCP server.
- How does Apple Notes compare with other Web search MCP servers?
- safety score 92/100 (higher than 90% of 3,470 Web search servers); github stars 4 (more than 75% of 1,786 Web search servers); downloads a week 416 (more than 82% of 827 Web search servers with a package). Full comparison.
Alternatives to Apple Notes
Same job from other publishers: the closest match first, then the best rated.
- Silica CoreRetrieval over the folder the session opened: files, search, read, code_pack, write_note.not reviewedGrowingA
- HIG DoctorApple Human Interface Guidelines search, lookup, and project audits for AI coding agents.not reviewedEstablishedB
- not reviewedEstablishedA
- Apple Mail MCPApple Mail MCP server with full-coverage FTS5 body search, reliable on large mailboxes.not reviewedEstablishedA
