Karakeep MCP Server

This is the Karakeep MCP server, which is a server that can be used to interact with Karakeep from other tools.

Supported Tools

Bookmarks

• Searching bookmarks (search-bookmarks)

• Reading a bookmark (get-bookmark, get-bookmark-content)

• Listing the lists that contain a bookmark (get-bookmark-lists)

• Creating text and URL bookmarks (create-bookmark)

• Updating a bookmark (update-bookmark)

• Deleting a bookmark (delete-bookmark)

Lists

• Listing all lists (get-lists)

• Retrieving a single list (get-list)

• Creating a list (create-list)

• Updating a list (update-list) — name, icon, description, parentId, query, public; field constraints (length caps, smart-query validation) are inherited from the shared schema

• Deleting a list (delete-list) — child lists are NOT deleted with the parent; they become root-level lists

• Listing bookmarks in manual and smart lists (get-list-bookmarks)

• Adding and removing bookmarks from lists (add-bookmark-to-list, remove-bookmark-from-list)

Tags

• Listing tags with filters / pagination (get-tags)

• Retrieving a single tag with usage counts (get-tag)

• Renaming a tag (update-tag)

• Deleting a tag (delete-tag) — bookmarks that had the tag are not deleted

• Listing the bookmarks attached to a tag (get-tag-bookmarks)

• Attaching and detaching tags on bookmarks (attach-tag-to-bookmark, detach-tag-from-bookmark)

Assets

• Getting a temporary signed download URL for an asset (get-asset)

Highlights

• Listing highlights across all bookmarks (list-highlights)

• Listing highlights for a bookmark (get-bookmark-highlights)

• Retrieving a single highlight (get-highlight)

• Creating, updating, and deleting highlights (create-highlight, update-highlight, delete-highlight)

Currently, the MCP server only exposes tools (no resources).

Usage with Claude Desktop

From NPM:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "karakeep": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@karakeep/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KARAKEEP_API_ADDR": "https://<YOUR_SERVER_ADDR>",
        "KARAKEEP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TOKEN>",
        "KARAKEEP_CUSTOM_HEADERS": "{\"CF-Access-Client-Id\": \"...\", \"CF-Access-Client-Secret\": \"...\"}"
      }
    }
  }
}

From Docker:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "karakeep": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-e",
        "KARAKEEP_API_ADDR=https://<YOUR_SERVER_ADDR>",
        "-e",
        "KARAKEEP_API_KEY=<YOUR_TOKEN>",
        "-e",
        "KARAKEEP_CUSTOM_HEADERS={\"CF-Access-Client-Id\": \"...\", \"CF-Access-Client-Secret\": \"...\"}",
        "ghcr.io/karakeep-app/karakeep-mcp:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}