A MCP server for interacting with Bear note-taking software.

To enable the Bear extension in Goose CLI, edit the configuration file ~/.config/goose/config.yaml to include the following entry:

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

Add a new extension with the following settings:

• Type: Standard IO
• ID: bear
• Name: Bear
• Description: Interacting with Bear note-taking software
• Command: uvx --from git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-bear mcp-bear
• Environment Variables: Add BEAR_API_TOKEN with your api token

For more details on configuring MCP servers in Goose Desktop, refer to the documentation: Using Extensions - MCP Servers.

To configure this server for Claude Desktop, edit the claude_desktop_config.json file with the following entry under mcpServers:

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

After editing, restart the application. For more information, see: For Claude Desktop Users - Model Context Protocol.

To configure this server for LM Studio, click the button below.

The server supports the following actions. Refer to Bear's X-callback-url Scheme documentation for details on each action.

• /open-note
• /create
• /add-text (partially, via the replace_note method)
• /add-file
• /tags
• /open-tag
• /rename-tag
• /delete-tag
• /trash
• /archive
• /untagged
• /todo
• /today
• /locked
• /search
• /grab-url

This application is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.