Evernote MCP Server

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Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Evernote - enables Claude Code to interact with your Evernote notes.

Supports both International Evernote and Yinxiang Biji (印象笔记)

Features

• Notebook operations (create, read, update, delete, list, get default)
• Note operations (create, read, update, delete, copy, move, list, versions)
• Tag management (create, read, update, delete, list, find by notebook)
• Saved searches (create, read, update, delete, list)
• Resource/Attachment operations (get, update, data, attributes, recognition)
• Advanced note features (get content, search text, tag names, note versions)
• Sync & utilities (sync state, note counts, find related content)
• Full-text search using Evernote's search syntax
• Multiple output formats (ENML, text, markdown, JSON)

Installation

npm install -g @anthropic/claude-code
uvx evernote-mcp

Configuration

1. Get Evernote Developer Token

International Evernote: https://evernote.com/api/DeveloperToken.action

Yinxiang Biji (印象笔记): https://app.yinxiang.com/api/DeveloperToken.action

2. Configure Claude Code

Edit ~/.config/claude-code/config.json:

For International Evernote:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "evernote": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["evernote-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "EVERNOTE_AUTH_TOKEN": "your_token_here",
        "EVERNOTE_BACKEND": "evernote"
      }
    }
  }
}

For Yinxiang Biji (印象笔记):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "evernote": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["evernote-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "EVERNOTE_AUTH_TOKEN": "your_token_here",
        "EVERNOTE_BACKEND": "china"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage Examples

claude-code

User: Create a note in my "Project Notes" notebook summarizing the current TODO items from src/todo.py

Claude: I'll read the TODO file and create a note for you.
[Creates note with extracted TODOs]

User: Search my Evernote for notes about "API design" and summarize the key points

Claude: Let me search for those notes and analyze them.
[Searches and summarizes findings]

User: Create a notebook called "Code Reviews" and add a note template

Claude: I'll set that up for you.
[Creates notebook and template note]

User: Find all notes tagged with "important" and list them by update time

Claude: I'll search for notes with that tag and sort them.
[Uses search_notes and list_tags]

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
EVERNOTE_AUTH_TOKEN	-	Your developer token (required)
EVERNOTE_BACKEND	evernote	evernote (International) or china (印象笔记)
EVERNOTE_RETRY_COUNT	5	Network retry count on failure
EVERNOTE_USE_SYSTEM_SSL_CA	false	Use system SSL CA certificates

Available Tools

Notebooks (6 tools)

• create_notebook(name, stack) - Create a new notebook
• list_notebooks() - List all notebooks
• get_notebook(guid) - Get notebook details by GUID
• update_notebook(guid, name, stack) - Update notebook name/stack
• expunge_notebook(guid) - Permanently delete notebook
• get_default_notebook() - Get the default notebook for new notes

Notes (8 tools)

• create_note(title, content, notebook_guid, tags, format) - Create a new note
• get_note(guid, output_format) - Get note (enml/text/markdown/json)
• update_note(guid, title, content, format) - Update note title/content
• delete_note(guid) - Move note to trash
• expunge_note(guid) - Permanently delete note
• copy_note(guid, target_notebook_guid) - Copy note to another notebook
• move_note(guid, target_notebook_guid) - Move note to another notebook
• list_notes(notebook_guid, limit) - List notes in notebook

Tags (7 tools)

• list_tags() - List all tags
• get_tag(guid) - Get tag details by GUID
• create_tag(name, parent_guid) - Create a new tag
• update_tag(guid, name, parent_guid) - Update tag name/parent
• expunge_tag(guid) - Permanently delete tag
• list_tags_by_notebook(notebook_guid) - List tags in a specific notebook
• untag_all(guid) - Remove tag from all notes

Saved Searches (5 tools)

• list_searches() - List all saved searches
• get_search(guid) - Get saved search by GUID
• create_search(name, query) - Create a new saved search
• update_search(guid, name, query) - Update saved search
• expunge_search(guid) - Delete saved search

Advanced Note Operations (5 tools)

• get_note_content(guid) - Get ENML content only
• get_note_search_text(guid, note_only, tokenize_for_indexing) - Get extracted plain text
• get_note_tag_names(guid) - Get tag names for a note
• list_note_versions(note_guid) - List previous versions (Premium only)
• get_note_version(note_guid, update_sequence_num, ...) - Get specific version (Premium)

Resources/Attachments (13 tools)

• get_resource(guid, with_data, with_recognition, ...) - Get resource by GUID
• get_resource_data(guid, encode) - Get resource binary data (base64)
• get_resource_alternate_data(guid, encode) - Get alternate data (e.g., PDF preview)
• get_resource_attributes(guid) - Get resource metadata
• get_resource_by_hash(note_guid, content_hash, ...) - Find resource by MD5 hash
• get_resource_recognition(guid, encode) - Get OCR/recognition data
• get_resource_search_text(guid) - Get extracted search text from resource
• update_resource(guid, mime, attributes) - Update resource metadata
• set_resource_application_data_entry(guid, key, value) - Set app data
• unset_resource_application_data_entry(guid, key) - Remove app data
• get_resource_application_data(guid) - Get all application data
• get_resource_application_data_entry(guid, key) - Get specific app data entry

Reminders (5 tools)

• set_reminder(note_guid, reminder_time, reminder_order) - Set reminder on a note
• complete_reminder(note_guid, done_time) - Mark reminder as completed
• clear_reminder(note_guid) - Clear all reminder fields from a note
• list_reminders(notebook_guid, limit, include_completed) - List notes with reminders
• get_reminder(note_guid) - Get reminder info for a specific note

Search & Utilities (4 tools)

• search_notes(query, notebook_guid, limit) - Search using Evernote query syntax
• get_sync_state() - Get sync state information
• find_note_counts(query, with_trash) - Get note counts per notebook/tag
• find_related(note_guid, plain_text, max_notes, ...) - Find related notes/tags/notebooks

License

MIT