Inkdrop MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server for the Inkdrop Local HTTP Server API.

[!WARNING] This is highly experimental and use at your own risk.

Installation

1. Set up a local HTTP server

2. Add server config to Claude Desktop:

   • MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inkdrop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@inkdropapp/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INKDROP_LOCAL_SERVER_URL": "http://localhost:19840",
        "INKDROP_LOCAL_USERNAME": "your-local-server-username"
        "INKDROP_LOCAL_PASSWORD": "your-local-server-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Components

Tools

1. read-note: Retrieve the complete contents of the note by its ID from the database.
   • Required inputs:
     • noteId: The ID of the note to retrieve.
2. search-notes: List all notes that contain a given keyword.
   • Required inputs:
     • keyword: Keyword to search for.
3. create-note: Create a new note in the database
   • Required inputs:
     • bookId: The notebook ID
     • title: The note title
     • body: The content of the note in Markdown
   • Optional inputs:
     • status: The note status (none, active, onHold, completed, dropped)
4. update-note: Update the existing note in the database
   • Required inputs:
     • _id: The note ID
     • _rev: The revision ID
     • bookId: The notebook ID
     • title: The note title
     • body: The content of the note in Markdown
5. list-notebooks: Retrieve a list of all notebooks

Debugging

Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the MCP Inspector.

You can launch the MCP Inspector via npm with this command:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector "./dist/index.js"

Be sure that environment variables are properly configured.

Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.

You can also watch the server logs with this command:

tail -n 20 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-inkdrop.log