better-bear

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add io-github-mreider-better-bear -- npx -y better-bear

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-mreider-better-bear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "better-bear"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Summary

MCP server for Bear notes — read, search, create, edit, tag, and manage notes via CloudKit

Questions

better-bear is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package better-bear.

Run: claude mcp add io-github-mreider-better-bear -- npx -y better-bear

Run: codex mcp add io-github-mreider-better-bear -- npx -y better-bear

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