Can an AI app save notes to PrivacyNotes over MCP?
Ask your AI agent insteadYes. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard way AI apps plug in tools, and privacynotes, the PrivacyNotes command line interface, can run as one. Add it once, and in any chat you can ask in plain words: "Save a summary of this chat to my notes, tagged meeting." The app calls the save_note tool of privacynotes, and the note goes to the Agent folder of your notes, on all your devices after their next sync. The tool can only add notes, so a chat cannot open, change or delete the notes you have. It is part of Pro.
First set up the privacynotes command on the same computer and connect it with privacynotes login. Then open your AI app's MCP settings, a settings screen or a file such as mcp.json, add this entry under mcpServers, and restart the app:
"privacynotes": { "command": "privacynotes", "args": ["mcp"] }The tool takes the Markdown, and optionally a title and tags, with the same limits as privacynotes save: 700 KB, 20 tags and a 200-character title. When something stops a save, the tool tells the app in words, so the app can tell you: the command is not connected yet, the note is too large, or the server refused it.
If the app says it cannot start privacynotes, give the full path as the command: the one that which privacynotes prints, or where privacynotes on Windows. Apps started from the Dock or the Start menu often do not see the paths your terminal sees. The command needs Node.js 20 or newer on that computer.
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Answer my questions about PrivacyNotes using only its help center, its changelog and its security documentation. Start here: https://privacynotes.app/llms-index.txt It lists every question with the page that answers it. Fetch the one or two that match mine. If you can only make one request, fetch https://privacynotes.app/llms-full.txt instead. If you cannot fetch a .txt or .md file, read https://privacynotes.app/help, https://privacynotes.app/changelog and https://github.com/LifetimeLabsHQ/PrivacyNotes.app instead. For what changed, or where something moved, fetch https://privacynotes.app/changelog.md. For how the encryption works, what the server can read, or how to check any of it yourself, fetch https://privacynotes.app/docs/index.md and follow it to one of the documents it lists. That index is a router: cite the document, never the index. Rules: - Use only those pages. If they do not answer something, say so instead of guessing. - Never invent a feature, a menu path, a price, or a limit. - End your reply with the "Source:" URL from the page you used, exactly as written. - Answer in the same language as my question. - Never ask me for my recovery phrase, my PIN, or the contents of a note. If no question follows, ask me what I would like to know. My first question:
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