Apple Notes

by RafalWilinski

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Enables semantic search and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) over your Apple Notes.

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Author: RafalWilinski
Repository: RafalWilinski/mcp-apple-notes
GitHub stars: 107
Downloads: 856
Categories: Productivity, Community, Other, AI, Search, Knowledge Base

- 🔍 Semantic search over Apple Notes using all-MiniLM-L6-v2 on-device embeddings model
- 📝 Full-text search capabilities
- 📊 Vector storage using LanceDB
- 🤖 MCP-compatible server for AI assistant integration
- 🍎 Native Apple Notes integration via JXA
- 🏃‍♂️ Fully local execution - no API keys needed

Setting up with Highlight

Follow these steps to add this server as a custom Highlight plugin:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name Apple Notes

Command (node, npx, python, etc.) /Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun
Arguments
- Argument 1 /Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "cwd": "",
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"
            ],
            "shell": false,
            "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "cwd": "",
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"
            ],
            "shell": false,
            "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "cwd": "",
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"
            ],
            "shell": false,
            "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "cwd": "",
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"
            ],
            "shell": false,
            "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "cwd": "",
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"
            ],
            "shell": false,
            "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

From the repository

1. Open Claude desktop app and go to Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config

Claude Desktop Settings

2. Open the claude_desktop_config.json and add the following entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "local-machine": {
      "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun",
      "args": ["/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apple notes": {
            "cwd": "",
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"
            ],
            "shell": false,
            "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun"
        }
    }
}

Linux

{
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "-y",
        "@highlight/mcp-server"
    ],
    "command": "npx"
}

Macos

{
    "cwd": "",
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/apple-notes-mcp/index.ts"
    ],
    "shell": false,
    "command": "/Users/<YOUR_USER_NAME>/.bun/bin/bun"
}

Windows

{
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "/c",
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@highlight/mcp-server"
    ],
    "command": "cmd"
}

- 🔍 Semantic search over Apple Notes usingall-MiniLM-L6-v2on-device embeddings model
- 📝 Full-text search capabilities
- 📊 Vector storage using LanceDB
- 🤖 MCP-compatible server for AI assistant integration
- 🍎 Native Apple Notes integration via JXA
- 🏃‍♂️ Fully local execution - no API keys needed

git clone https://github.com/RafalWilinski/mcp-apple-notes cd mcp-apple-notes

- Open Claude desktop app and go to Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config
- Open theclaude_desktop_config.jsonand add the following entry:

{ "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.
- Restart Claude desktop app. You should see this:
- Start by indexing your notes. Ask Claude to index your notes by saying something like: "Index my notes" or "Index my Apple Notes".

tail -n 50 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-local-machine.log # or tail -n 50 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp.log

- 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.
- Storing notes in Notes via Claude

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