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mcp-notes-server

mcp-notes-server

A small MCP server exposing my notes to Claude Desktop

Started as a weekend hack, grew on me.

Highlights

  • Includes a Claude Desktop config snippet with absolute paths

  • Atomic saves (temp file + os.replace) behind a write lock

  • Every tool carries a real docstring, so clients get descriptions

  • A missing note raises instead of returning the string 'not found'

  • Notes path set by MCP_NOTES_FILE or --notes-file

  • Five tools: add / get / update / delete / list notes

Related MCP server: mcp-snippetbox

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

# claude_desktop_config.json  (use ABSOLUTE paths: Claude does not
# run from the repo directory, so a bare "server.py" is not found)
# {
#   "mcpServers": {
#     "notes-box": {
#       "command": "python",
#       "args": ["/abs/path/to/mcp-notes-server/server.py"],
#       "env": {"MCP_NOTES_FILE": "/abs/path/to/notes.json"}
#     }
#   }
# }
python server.py --help

Project structure

├── .github/
│   ├── workflows/
│   │   └── ci.yml
│   └── pull_request_template.md
├── docs/
│   ├── development.md
│   ├── roadmap.md
│   └── usage.md
├── examples/
│   └── quickstart.md
├── tests/
│   └── test_notes.py
├── .gitignore
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── LICENSE
├── requirements.txt
└── server.py

FAQ

Is this production ready?
It works for my use case; review the code before relying on it.

Why no framework?
The stdlib covers what this project needs.

License

MIT. Do whatever you want.

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