# affine-desktop-mcp

> Local stdio MCP bridge for AFFiNE Desktop with offline native diagrams

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/affine-desktop-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/sauravniraula/affine-desktop-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/sauravniraula/affine-desktop-mcp
- version: 0.4.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: affine, mcp, desktop, notes, diagrams
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:affine-desktop-mcp

### Description (declared)

# AFFiNE Desktop MCP

A **Rust stdio MCP server for AFFiNE Desktop offline/local-only workspaces**.
It reads the desktop application's local SQLite/Yjs storage, creates normal
pages and Edgeless canvases, and creates/edits **native editable diagrams** with
shapes, rich-text labels, bound connectors, pen strokes, frames, link cards,
free-floating curves, images and file attachments.

**No AFFiNE Cloud, Docker/self-hosted AFFiNE server, GraphQL API, cloud login,
or network listener is used.** Docker is used only as an optional Linux test
runner during development, not by the application.

Connect your AI assistant to your **local AFFiNE notes and editable canvases**.
Download a standalone binary, add it to your MCP client, and ask the assistant to
list, search or read your workspaces. Creating pages and diagrams is an explicit,
offline-only opt-in.

> The Cargo, npm and Python packages are all **`affine-desktop-mcp`**.
> The npm and Python launcher command is also **`affine-desktop-mcp`**.
> The standalone executable (including Cargo installs) remains **`affine-local-mcp`**
> (`affine-local-mcp.exe` on Windows). Packages are published on crates.io, npm and PyPI.

## Contents

- [Quick start](#quick-start)
- [Install a release](#install-a-release)
- [Install with npm or pip](#install-with-npm-or-pip)
- [Build from source](#build-from-source)
- [Desktop data directories](#desktop-data-directories)
- [Configuration options](#configuration-options)
- [Connect your MCP client](#connect-your-mcp-client)
- [First conversation](#first-conversation)
- [Tools and examples](#tools)
- [Write safety and backups](#write-safety-and-backups)
- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
- [Development and releases](#releases)

## Quick start

1. Install AFFiNE Desktop and create/open a **local-only workspace**. This bridge
   does not expose AFFiNE Cloud workspaces. The tested storage version is **0.27.4**.
2. [Download and extract](#install-a-release) the binary for your OS and CPU.
   Pre…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (1, derived)
- productivity.notes (1, declared)
- infra.desktop (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/affine-desktop-mcp/ (first seen 2026-10-12T14:23:57.669Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/affine-desktop-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/affine-desktop-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:affine-desktop-mcp