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cord-mcp

Connects AI agents to Cord, the local-first note app. Agents can search and read your notes, and, if you allow it, create notes, add text, tag and set fields.

It contains:

  • an MCP server (server/bridge.mjs): a small bridge from the agent to the Cord app running on your computer. No dependencies, Node 18 or newer.

  • a skill (skills/cord/SKILL.md): teaches the agent how Cord stores notes (vaults, blocks, wiki links, tags with fields) and how to write notes Cord renders well, so it can make notes for Cord even without the server.

Cord itself decides what agents may do. In Cord's Agents tab you allow agents, pick the vaults they see, turn editing on or off, and make the token. Agents only reach Cord while it is open and unlocked. Nothing leaves your computer: the server listens on 127.0.0.1 only.

Requirements

  • A Cord version with the Agents tab (not released yet)

  • Node 18 or newer (Claude Desktop brings its own)

Related MCP server: Obsidian MCP Server

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add cord-note/cord-mcp
/plugin install cord@cord-note

Claude Code asks for the token when you enable the plugin and keeps it in your system's secure storage. The plugin adds the Cord tools and the cord skill.

Claude Desktop

Download cord.mcpb from the releases page and open it. Claude Desktop asks for the token.

Or add Cord by hand to claude_desktop_config.json. The Agents tab in Cord shows this block ready to copy, with the right path:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cord": {
      "command": "<path to the Cord executable>",
      "args": ["--mcp"],
      "env": { "CORD_MCP_TOKEN": "your token" }
    }
  }
}

Other clients

Any MCP client that starts a server process works. Either run the Cord app itself in bridge mode:

cord --mcp

or this repo's bridge:

node server/bridge.mjs

Both read the token from CORD_MCP_TOKEN. Set CORD_DATA_DIR only if you run Cord with a custom data folder.

The skill on its own

The skill is plain Markdown. To use it without the plugin, copy skills/cord/ into ~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code), or upload it as a skill in Claude.

Development

npm test
npm run pack:desktop

License

AGPL-3.0, like Cord.

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