# @mgcrea/mcp-apple-notes

Search, read and act on Apple Notes — folders, attachments, writes off by default

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Trust:** 85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- **Verification:** verified (build provenance)
- **Version:** 1.23.0
- **Author:** io.github.mgcrea
- **License:** MIT
- **npm:** @mgcrea/mcp-apple-notes
- **Source:** https://github.com/mgcrea/cupertino
- **Compatible clients:** claude-code, cursor, copilot, gemini (basis: transport)

## Trust

85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- Publisher verified: no
- Build provenance: verified attestation
- npm trusted publishing (OIDC): yes
- Install scripts: nothing suspicious found
- Prompt-injection scan: not run
- Obfuscation scan: not run
- Evidence age: 22 days

## Security scan

- **Status:** clean
- **Scanned:** 2026-09-02T04:26:42.644Z
- **Version scanned:** 1.9.0
- **CVEs:** none found by OSV at scan time

## Tools

15 declared. Statically extracted from the shipped source — a floor on the surface, not a census.
- `apple_notes_find` — Search the note library for everything on a topic and summarise what is actually written there — opening the notes rather than answering from titles.
- `apple_notes_capture` — Write something into the note library, checking first whether it belongs in a note that already exists. Requires writes to be enabled.
- `apple_notes_diagnostics` — Report which lanes are live, which macOS permissions are granted, and what each missing one is blocking. Start here when a tool returns degraded or fails — it n
- `apple_notes_list_accounts` — List the Notes accounts, with how many folders and notes each holds. Start here to discover account names for the other tools.
- `apple_notes_list_folders` — List folders across every account. Folders nest, so each entry carries its depth and the account it belongs to. Use the returned id with the move and create too
- `apple_notes_create_note` — Create a note. Notes takes its title from the first line of the body, so `title` is prepended as a heading rather than set as a property.
- `apple_notes_update_note` — Replace or append to a note's body. Editing the first line changes the title, because that is where Notes takes it from.
- `apple_notes_add_attachment` — Attach a file to a note. This is the only way to put an image in a note — an <img> tag in the body creates an attachment whose bytes are never loaded.
- `apple_notes_move_note` — Move a note to another folder.
- `apple_notes_delete_notes` — Delete notes. They go to Recently Deleted rather than being destroyed, but this still requires an explicit confirm.
- `apple_notes_list_notes` — List notes, newest first. Returns a `ref` per note for the read and action tools. Prefers Notes' own index, which stays fast as a library grows.
- `apple_notes_search_notes` — Search notes. `scope: "full"` (the default) matches the body text; `scope: "title"` matches only titles and previews and is the cheaper query. Returns a `ref` p
- `apple_notes_get_note` — Read one note's full text by ref. Password-protected notes report as locked rather than returning an empty body — their text is encrypted at rest.
- `apple_notes_list_attachments` — List a note's attachments. Metadata only — retrieving the bytes needs Full Disk Access, because the scripting dictionary carries no file path.
- `apple_notes_save_attachment` — Save one attachment to disk. Needs Full Disk Access. It can only write into APPLE_NOTES_ATTACHMENT_DIR (default ~/Downloads) and will not overwrite an existing 

## Install

**Verdict: install** — No blocking findings and no open coverage gaps — safe to install as configured.
**Config** (claude-code):
```json
"{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"mcp-apple-notes\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"-y\",\n        \"@mgcrea/mcp-apple-notes\"\n      ]\n    }\n  }\n}"
```

## Blast radius

Extensive to critical — no credential declaration found, from the publisher, the upstream registry, or the README. Known so far: deletes data; runs on your machine.
- Floor 37, ceiling 61 (tier: unknown)
- `unknown` means the floor and ceiling land in different bands — not measured enough to name one. It does not mean low.
- This is impact, not likelihood. A high radius is not a defect: a filesystem server is supposed to write files. It is never part of the trust score.

## Machine-readable views of this entry

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## About this document

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