Reflect MCP Connector

Connect your Reflect account to any MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, etc.).

This repo provides an MCP server that runs over stdio and exposes a small set of high-signal tools for Reflect (graphs/books/links + creating/appending notes).

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20

Quickstart (end users)

1) Get a Reflect access token

Generate an access token in Reflect’s developer settings and copy it:

• https://reflect.app/developer/oauth

You’ll set it as REFLECT_ACCESS_TOKEN in your MCP client config.

2) Add the server to your MCP client

Most MCP clients need:

• a command (recommended: npx)

• args (recommended: -y reflect-mcp-connector@latest)

• environment variables (REFLECT_ACCESS_TOKEN)

If you publish this under a different npm package name (e.g. a scope), replace reflect-mcp-connector@latest accordingly.

Claude Desktop

In claude_desktop_config.json, add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reflect": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "reflect-mcp-connector@latest"],
      "env": {
        "REFLECT_ACCESS_TOKEN": "REDACTED"
      }
    }
  }
}

You can also copy examples/claude_desktop_config.json and edit the paths/env.

Optional: set REFLECT_DEFAULT_GRAPH_ID to a specific graph id so you don’t need to pass graphId to every tool call.

If you prefer not to use npx, you can install globally and set command to reflect-mcp-connector:

npm install -g reflect-mcp-connector

Claude Code

Add the server via the Claude Code CLI:

claude mcp add -e REFLECT_ACCESS_TOKEN="REDACTED" reflect -- npx -y reflect-mcp-connector@latest

Optional: add -e REFLECT_DEFAULT_GRAPH_ID="..." to set a default graph.

Codex

Add the server via the Codex CLI:

codex mcp add reflect --env REFLECT_ACCESS_TOKEN="REDACTED" -- npx -y reflect-mcp-connector@latest

Optional: add --env REFLECT_DEFAULT_GRAPH_ID="..." to set a default graph.

3) Try it

Run the tool reflect_get_me or reflect_list_graphs to confirm connectivity and grab your graph id.

Tools

• reflect_get_me

• reflect_list_graphs

• reflect_list_books

• reflect_list_links

• reflect_create_link

• reflect_append_daily_note

• reflect_create_note

Configuration

Server:

• REFLECT_ACCESS_TOKEN (required)

• REFLECT_DEFAULT_GRAPH_ID (optional; if unset the server uses the first graph id on your account)

• REFLECT_API_BASE_URL (optional; defaults to https://reflect.app/api)

OAuth helper:

• REFLECT_CLIENT_ID (required)

• REFLECT_CLIENT_SECRET (optional)

• REFLECT_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI (optional; defaults to http://127.0.0.1:8787/callback)

OAuth helper (optional)

If you don’t have an access token yet, run the OAuth PKCE helper:

REFLECT_CLIENT_ID="..." REFLECT_CLIENT_SECRET="..." npx -y reflect-mcp-connector@latest auth login

This prints an authorization URL, starts a localhost callback server, and prints a REFLECT_ACCESS_TOKEN you can paste into your MCP client.

Development (from source)

If you want to run from this GitHub repo (development/contributing), you can use a .env file (this repo ignores .env*):

npm install
npm run build

cp .env.example .env
npm run dev

Publishing a new version

This repo publishes to npm via GitHub Actions on version tags (v*). Prereq: set the NPM_TOKEN GitHub Actions secret with an npm token that can publish reflect-mcp-connector.

# bump version + create git tag (vX.Y.Z)
npm version patch   # or minor / major

# push commit + tag to trigger release workflow
git push --follow-tags

Security

• Never commit tokens or OAuth secrets.

• Prefer setting env vars in your MCP client config (avoid relying on working directories / .env loading).