Capacities MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Capacities, providing seamless integration with your knowledge management system.

Features

This MCP server provides access to all current Capacities API endpoints:

List Spaces - Get all your personal spaces
Space Information - Retrieve detailed space structures and collections
Search Content - Search across spaces with advanced filtering
Save Weblinks - Save URLs to your spaces with metadata
Daily Notes - Add content to your daily notes

Installation

For Claude Desktop

Add the Capacities MCP server to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capacities": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "capacities-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CAPACITIES_API_KEY": "your_capacities_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get your Capacities API key from your Capacities account settings.

That's it! The server will be automatically downloaded and run when Claude Desktop starts.

Development

Local Setup

For local development, you'll need to clone and build the project:

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/jemgold/capacities-mcp.git
cd capacities-mcp

Install dependencies:

bun install

Copy the example environment file:

cp .env.example .env

Add your Capacities API key to .env:

CAPACITIES_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Build the server:

bun run build

Running the Server

Start the development server with interactive mode:

bun run dev

For production use:

bun run start

To inspect the server tools and schema:

bun run inspect

Testing

Run the test suite:

bun run test

Code Quality

Check linting and types:

bun run lint

Format code:

bun run format

API Reference

Get your Capacities API key from your Capacities account settings.

For detailed API documentation, see:

Available Tools

`capacities_list_spaces`

Get a list of all your personal spaces.

`capacities_get_space_info`

Get detailed information about a specific space, including structures and collections.

spaceId: UUID of the space

`capacities_search`

Search for content across your spaces with optional filtering.

searchTerm: Text to search for
spaceIds: Array of space UUIDs to search in
mode (optional): "fullText" or "title" search mode
filterStructureIds (optional): Filter by specific structure types

`capacities_save_weblink`

Save a web link to a space with optional metadata.

spaceId: UUID of the target space
url: The URL to save
titleOverwrite (optional): Custom title for the link
descriptionOverwrite (optional): Description text
tags (optional): Array of tags. Tags need to exactly match your tag names in Capacities, otherwise they will be created.
mdText (optional): Text formatted as markdown that will be added to the notes section

`capacities_save_to_daily_note`

Add markdown content to today's daily note in a space.

spaceId: UUID of the target space
mdText: Markdown content to add
origin (optional): Origin label for the content (only "commandPalette" is supported)
noTimestamp (optional): If true, no timestamp will be added to the note

Rate Limits

The Capacities API has the following rate limits:

/spaces: 5 requests per 60 seconds
/space-info: 5 requests per 60 seconds
/search: 120 requests per 60 seconds
/save-weblink: 10 requests per 60 seconds
/save-to-daily-note: 5 requests per 60 seconds

Example Prompts

Here are some example prompts you can use with Claude when this MCP server is configured:

Getting Started

"Show me all my Capacities spaces"
"What spaces do I have in Capacities?"

Exploring Your Knowledge Base

"Get detailed information about my main workspace in Capacities"
"What structures and collections are in my [space name] space?"

Searching Content

"Search for 'project management' across all my Capacities spaces"
"Find all notes mentioning 'machine learning' in my research space"
"Search for 'meeting notes' but only check titles, not full content"

Saving Information

"Save this article to my research space: https://example.com/article"
"Bookmark this GitHub repo in my coding space with tags 'javascript' and 'tools'"
"Save this link with a custom title and description to my resources space"

Daily Notes

"Add a summary of today's key insights to my daily note"
"Save these meeting notes to today's daily note in my work space"
"Add this quote to my daily note: [your quote here]"

Advanced Usage

"Search for 'productivity' in my work and personal spaces, but filter to only show task-related structures"
"Save this research paper to my academic space and add it to today's daily note as well"
"Find all my notes about 'AI tools' and then save the best ones as bookmarks"

License

MIT - see LICENSE file for details.

This server cannot be installed

security - not tested

license - permissive license

quality - not tested

Provides seamless integration with Capacities knowledge management system, allowing Claude to list spaces, retrieve space information, search content, save weblinks, and add content to daily notes.

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