Apple Notes

io.github.connerkward/mcp-apple-notes

4/4 checks passed
Runs locally
1 secret
★ 8 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-06-17
Health score 45

About Apple Notes

Apple Notes is an MCP server published by the GitHub account connerkward. Semantic search + connection-discovery across your own Apple Notes (bridges, synthesis).

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the MCP bundle package mcp-apple-notes.mcpb at version 1.0.2.

It asks for one secret: OPENAI_API_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 1.0.2 was published on 17 June 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 7 automated checks on registry metadata: 4 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 3 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	No	Yes	Only required for synthesis. Set to 'local' when pointing SYNTH_BASE_URL at a local OpenAI-compatible server (LM Studio / Ollama); set to a funded key for real OpenAI. Search, bridges, entities run on-device with no key.
`SYNTH_BASE_URL`	No	No	Optional OpenAI-compatible base URL for synthesis (e.g. http://localhost:1234/v1 for LM Studio). Keeps notes on-device.
`SYNTH_MODEL`	No	No	Optional model id for synthesis when SYNTH_BASE_URL is set (defaults to gpt-4o-mini for real OpenAI).

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/connerkward/mcp-apple-notes
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: OPENAI_API_KEY
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account connerkward
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flags	Info	Package could not be read (too large)

Popularity & health: 45 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity9 / 40

8 GitHub stars, no download count, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity8 / 25

Last push 2026-06-17, last release 2026-06-17, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

0 closed of 0 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

1 forks, 0 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.connerkward/mcp-apple-notes`
Publisher	GitHub account connerkward
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account connerkward. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	mcpb `https://github.com/connerkward/mcp-apple-notes/releases/download/v1.0.2/mcp-apple-notes.mcpb` 1.0.2 (stdio)
Version	1.0.2
Published	2026-06-17
Last updated	2026-06-17
Source repository	https://github.com/connerkward/mcp-apple-notes
Website	https://github.com/connerkward/mcp-apple-notes
Category	Productivity & notes (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)