# mcp-bear

> MCP server for accessing Bear Notes

Record `mcp-bear-2` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-bear-2/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-bear-2
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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/mcp-bear-2/claim

## Declared
- version: 1.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-bear

### Description (declared)

# MCP Bear

A Python-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to [Bear Notes](https://bear.app).

Bear stores notes in a SQLite database. This MCP server provides both read and write access to your notes.
See: https://bear.app/faq/where-are-bears-notes-located

## Features

### Read Operations
- Read all notes (active and archived) from Bear's SQLite database
- Search notes by text content, tag, or unique ID
- List all tags
- Get notes by specific tag
- Get archived notes separately

### Note Management
- Create new notes with title, content, and tags
- Append, prepend, or replace text in existing notes
- Archive/unarchive notes for organization
- Move notes to trash

### Tag Management
- Add tags to existing notes
- Rename tags across all notes
- Open Bear showing notes with specific tag

### Bear Integration
- Open specific notes in Bear
- Search within Bear app
- All operations integrate seamlessly with Bear's UI

Write operations use Bear's official [x-callback-url API](https://bear.app/faq/x-callback-url-scheme-documentation/) for safe, reliable modifications.

## Requirements

- Python 3.10 or higher (tested with 3.14)
- Bear note application (macOS)
- Access to Bear database

## Installation

### Development Setup

```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/maxim-ist/mcp-bear.git
cd mcp-bear

# Install dependencies (using mise for Python version management)
mise install
mise exec -- python -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -e .
```

### Install via pip (when published)

```bash
pip install mcp-bear
```

## Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:

### Using Python directly

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "mcp_bear.server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Work/mcp-bear/src"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Using installed package

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear": {
      …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)
- data.database (0.802, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-bear/ (first seen 2026-09-10T00:24:03.141Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-bear-2/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-bear-2 · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-bear-2