mcp-apple-notes

# MCP Apple Notes  A [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol) server that enables semantic search and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) over your Apple Notes. This allows AI assistants like Claude to search and reference your Apple Notes during conversations.  ## Features - 🔍 Semantic search over Apple Notes using [`all-MiniLM-L6-v2`](https://huggingface.co/sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2) on-device embeddings model - 📝 Full-text search capabilities - 📊 Vector storage using [LanceDB](https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/) - 🤖 MCP-compatible server for AI assistant integration - 🍎 Native Apple Notes integration via JXA - 🏃‍♂️ Fully local execution - no API keys needed ## Prerequisites - [Bun](https://bun.sh/docs/installation) - [Claude Desktop](https://claude.ai/download) ## Installation 1. Clone the repository: ```bash git clone https://github.com/RafalWilinski/mcp-apple-notes cd mcp-apple-notes ``` 2. Install dependencies: ```bash bun install ``` ## Usage 1. Open Claude desktop app and go to Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config  2. Open the `claude_desktop_config.json` and add the following entry: ```json { "mcpServers": { "local-machine": { "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun", "args": ["/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"] } } } ``` Important: Replace `<YOUR_USER_NAME>` with your actual username. 3. Restart Claude desktop app. You should see this:  4. Start by indexing your notes. Ask Claude to index your notes by saying something like: "Index my notes" or "Index my Apple Notes". ## Troubleshooting To see logs: ```bash tail -n 50 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-local-machine.log # or tail -n 50 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp.log ``` ## Todos - [ ] Apple notes are returned in the HTML format. We should turn them to Markdown and embed that - [ ] Chunk source content using recursive text splitter or markdown text splitter - [ ] Add an option to use custom embeddings model - [ ] More control over DB - purge, custom queries, etc. - [x] Storing notes in Notes via Claude