# Bear Notes

> Use this tool when you need to access and search your Bear note-taking app data within AI conversations. It provides read-only access to your notes and tags, solving the problem of referencing external notes during conversations. The Bear Notes tool takes note IDs, titles, terms, and tags as inputs and returns relevant notes and tags as outputs, ideal for use cases where you want to seamlessly integrate your note-taking data with AI assistants.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/bart6114-bear-notes  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bart6114-bear-notes

## Description

Bear MCP Server provides read-only access to the Bear note-taking app's SQLite database, allowing AI assistants like Claude to search and retrieve notes and tags. Built by Bart Smeets, it connects directly to Bear's database in a secure read-only mode and offers tools for opening notes by ID or title, searching notes by terms or tags, listing all tags, and viewing notes with specific tags. The server runs locally using Node.js and the Model Context Protocol, making it ideal for users who want to reference their Bear notes during AI conversations without leaving the interface.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.95
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/bart6114-bear-notes)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bart6114/my-bear-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "bart6114-bear-notes"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bart6114-bear-notes` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bart6114-bear-notes/pull`

---
SkillsRegistry indexes agent skills from public registries and GitHub. Skills we have analysed are scanned with Circle-IR and scored on six dimensions; each listing states its scan coverage. More: https://skillsregistry.net/llms.txt