Find Bear Notes
bear-search-notesSearch across Bear note titles, body, and OCR text to find matching notes. Filter results by tag, date, or pinned status for precise retrieval.
Instructions
Search your Bear notes for words or phrases. The search looks across note titles, body content, and OCR text in attached images and PDFs, returning matching notes ranked by relevance with a snippet of the matching context — so you can see what matched without opening the note. For best results, search with a phrase or several words from what you're looking for; a single word also works. Also supports filtering by tag, by creation/modification date range, or by pinned status — combine these with a search term, or use them on their own to browse without searching. Trashed and archived notes are not included.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| tag | No | Tag to filter notes by (leading # is stripped if present) | |
| term | No | Words to search for. Results are ranked by relevance — notes covering more of what you typed rank higher. Pass natural keywords for the typical case (e.g., "quarterly planning notes"). Hyphenated or punctuated identifiers like "bear-notes-mcp" or "2026-04-15" are matched as a phrase when used alone; in multi-word queries they are treated like any other word. | |
| limit | No | Maximum number of results to return (default: 30, min: 1) | |
| pinned | No | Set to true to return only pinned notes: if combined with tag, will return pinned notes with that tag, otherwise only globally pinned notes. | |
| createdAfter | No | Filter notes created on or after this date. Supports: relative dates ("today", "yesterday", "last week", "start of last month"), ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). Use "start of last month" for the beginning of the previous month. | |
| createdBefore | No | Filter notes created on or before this date. Supports: relative dates ("today", "yesterday", "last week", "end of last month"), ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). Use "end of last month" for the end of the previous month. | |
| modifiedAfter | No | Filter notes modified on or after this date. Supports: relative dates ("today", "yesterday", "last week", "start of last month"), ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). Use "start of last month" for the beginning of the previous month. | |
| modifiedBefore | No | Filter notes modified on or before this date. Supports: relative dates ("today", "yesterday", "last week", "end of last month"), ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). Use "end of last month" for the end of the previous month. |