Bear Mcp Server

Name: Bear Mcp Server
Author: akseyh

by akseyh

MCP Server integration for Bear note app

44 3 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Stale

Last commit 368d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse

3 tools · ~131 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear": {
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-v",
        "/Users/[YOUR_USER_NAME]/Library/Group Containers/9K33E3U3T4.net.shinyfrog.bear/Application Data:/app/db",
        "-i",
        "akseyh/bear-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "docker"
    }
  }
}

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What Bear Mcp Server does

This project is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to the Bear Notes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Bear Mcp Server safe to use?: Bear Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Bear Mcp Server?: Bear Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Bear Mcp Server do?: Bear Mcp Server provides 3 tools: get_notes, get_tags, get_notes_like. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Bear Mcp Server?: Bear Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is Bear Mcp Server actively maintained?: Bear Mcp Server is not actively maintained — last commit was 368 days ago. It has 44 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "bear": { "args": [ "run", "-v", "/Users/[YOUR_USER_NAME]/Library/Group Containers/9K33E3U3T4.net.shinyfrog.bear/Application Data:/app/db", "-i", "akseyh/bear-mcp-server" ], "command": "docker" } } }

Claude Desktop Config

Update your claude_desktop_config.json

Docker

{ "mcpServers": { "bear": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-v", "/Users/[YOUR_USER_NAME]/Library/Group Containers/9K33E3U3T4.net.shinyfrog.bear/Application Data:/app/db", "-i", "akseyh/bear-mcp-server" ] } } }

NPM

{ "mcpServers": { "bear": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "bear-mcp-server" ] } } }

When the server is started, the following MCP tools become available:

get_notes: Retrieves all notes

get_tags: Lists all tags

get_notes_like: Searches for notes containing specific text

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Bear Mcp Server safe to use?

Bear Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Bear Mcp Server?

Bear Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Bear Mcp Server do?

Bear Mcp Server provides 3 tools: get_notes, get_tags, get_notes_like. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Bear Mcp Server?

Bear Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.

Is Bear Mcp Server actively maintained?

Bear Mcp Server is not actively maintained — last commit was 368 days ago. It has 44 GitHub stars.

Bear MCP Server

This project is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to the Bear Notes.

Bear stores notes on SQLite database. This MCP server runs some SQL commands to access this notes. https://bear.app/faq/where-are-bears-notes-located

Features

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Installation

# Clone the project
git clone https://github.com/akseyh/bear-mcp-server

# Change directory
cd bear-mcp-server

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

Claude Desktop Config

Update your claude_desktop_config.json

Docker

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "bear": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-v",
                "/Users/[YOUR_USER_NAME]/Library/Group Containers/9K33E3U3T4.net.shinyfrog.bear/Application Data:/app/db",
                "-i",
                "akseyh/bear-mcp-server"
            ]
        }
    }
}

NPM

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
          "bear-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

When the server is started, the following MCP tools become available:

get_notes: Retrieves all notes
get_tags: Lists all tags
get_notes_like: Searches for notes containing specific text

Requirements

Node.js
Bear note application (macOS)
Access to Bear database

License

ISC