Bear App MCP Server

#!/bin/bash # Bear MCP Server Setup Script set -e echo "🐻 Setting up Bear MCP Server..." # Check if we're on macOS if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "darwin"* ]]; then echo "❌ Error: This server only works on macOS (Bear App requirement)" exit 1 fi # Check if Bear is installed if ! open -Ra "Bear" 2>/dev/null; then echo "❌ Error: Bear App is not installed. Please install Bear from the Mac App Store." exit 1 fi # Check Node.js version if ! command -v node &> /dev/null; then echo "❌ Error: Node.js is not installed. Please install Node.js 18+ from https://nodejs.org" exit 1 fi NODE_VERSION=$(node -v | cut -d'v' -f2 | cut -d'.' -f1) if [ "$NODE_VERSION" -lt 18 ]; then echo "❌ Error: Node.js 18+ is required. Current version: $(node -v)" exit 1 fi echo "✅ Node.js $(node -v) detected" # Create project structure echo "📁 Creating project structure..." mkdir -p src dist # Install dependencies echo "📦 Installing dependencies..." npm install # Build the project echo "🔨 Building TypeScript..." npm run build # Make the binary executable chmod +x dist/index.js echo "✅ Build complete!" # Get Bear token echo "" echo "🔑 Bear API Token Setup:" echo "To use all features, you'll need a Bear API token." echo "" echo "To get your token:" echo "1. Open Bear App" echo "2. Go to Help → Advanced → API Token → Copy Token" echo "3. The token will be copied to your clipboard" echo "" # Check if Claude Desktop config exists CLAUDE_CONFIG="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json" if [ -f "$CLAUDE_CONFIG" ]; then echo "📋 Claude Desktop config found at: $CLAUDE_CONFIG" echo "" echo "Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration:" echo "" cat << EOF { "mcpServers": { "bear": { "command": "node", "args": ["$(pwd)/dist/index.js"], "env": { "BEAR_TOKEN": "your-bear-api-token-here" } } } } EOF echo "" echo "Replace 'your-bear-api-token-here' with your actual Bear token." else echo "📋 Claude Desktop config not found. You'll need to create:" echo "$CLAUDE_CONFIG" echo "" echo "See claude_desktop_config.json.example for the configuration format." fi echo "" echo "🎉 Setup complete!" echo "" echo "Next steps:" echo "1. Get your Bear API token (instructions above)" echo "2. Add the server to your Claude Desktop config" echo "3. Restart Claude Desktop" echo "4. Start using Bear tools in your conversations!" echo "" echo "Available tools:" echo " • bear_create_note - Create new notes" echo " • bear_open_note - Open existing notes" echo " • bear_add_text - Add text to notes" echo " • bear_search - Search through notes" echo " • bear_get_tags - Get all tags" echo " • bear_grab_url - Create notes from web content" echo " • And many more!" echo "" echo "📖 See README.md for detailed usage examples."