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"markdown": "\n\n# π NotesBridge\n\n**Use your Apple Notes from ChatGPT β search, read, and write, powered by your own Mac.**\n\n[](./LICENSE)\n[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/apple-notes-agent)\n\n
\n\nNotesBridge is a [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) (MCP) connector that lets ChatGPT work with your **Apple Notes**. It never uploads your notes to a third party β every action runs on **your own Mac** through a tiny local agent. The cloud piece is only a stateless relay that shuttles requests between ChatGPT and your Mac.\n\n```\n ChatGPT ββOAuthβββΊ NotesBridge relay ββjob queueβββΊ apple-notes-agent βββΊ Apple Notes.app\n (connector) (Vercel, stateless) (your Mac, polls & executes) (on your Mac)\n```\n\nYour Mac is the only place your notes are ever read or written. The relay stores only short-lived job payloads and your account record; it never sees a note unless a job is in flight, and jobs expire in seconds.\n\n---\n\n## For users β 3 steps\n\n**1. Create your account** at **[notesbridge.vercel.app](https://notesbridge.vercel.app)** and generate a pairing code.\n\n**2. Install the Mac agent** (needs [Node 18+](https://nodejs.org)):\n\n```bash\nnpx apple-notes-agent pair # link this Mac to your account\nnpx apple-notes-agent install # keep it running on every restart\n```\n\nThe first time it touches Notes, macOS asks **\"Terminal wants to control Notes\"** β click **OK** (one time).\n\n**3. Connect ChatGPT:** Settings β **Plugins** β turn on **Developer mode** (Security & login) β **Create** a custom plugin β paste the MCP Server URL **`https://notesbridge.vercel.app/mcp`** β Authentication **OAuth** β sign in & **Allow**.\n\nThat's it. In a new chat: *\"Search my Apple Notes for the Q3 planning note\"* or *\"Create a note titled Groceries with milk, eggs, coffee.\"*\n\n> Your Mac must be awake with the agent running. `npx apple-notes-agent install` makes it start automatically at login and restart if it ever crashes.\n\n### Managing the agent\n\n```bash\nnpx apple-notes-agent status # is it paired & reachable?\nnpx apple-notes-agent logs # recent activity\nnpx apple-notes-agent uninstall # stop auto-start\n```\n\n---\n\n## What ChatGPT can do\n\n| Tool | Action |\n|------|--------|\n| `search` | Search notes by keyword |\n| `fetch` / `get_note` | Read a note's full content |\n| `list_folders` | List folders with note counts |\n| `list_notes` | List notes (optionally by folder) |\n| `create_note` | Create a new note |\n| `append_to_note` | Append text to a note |\n| `update_note` | Rewrite a note (destructive β ChatGPT confirms first) |\n\n---\n\n## Self-hosting\n\nYou can run your own relay so nothing depends on the hosted instance.\n\n**Prereqs:** a [Vercel](https://vercel.com) account and a [Supabase](https://supabase.com) project (free tiers are fine).\n\n1. **Storage** β in your Supabase project's SQL editor, run [`supabase/schema.sql`](./supabase/schema.sql). It creates a tiny Redis-shaped KV + queue surface (`nb_*` functions) with RLS on.\n2. **Deploy** the `server/` directory to Vercel.\n3. **Set env vars** (see [`server/.env.example`](./server/.env.example)):\n - `SUPABASE_URL`, `SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY` β your project + service-role key\n - `JWT_SECRET` β `openssl rand -hex 32`\n4. **Verify:** `curl https://YOUR-APP.vercel.app/api/health` β `redisConfigured`, `redisOk`, `jwtSecretSet` all `true`.\n5. Point the agent at it: `npx apple-notes-agent pair --server https://YOUR-APP.vercel.app`.\n\n---\n\n## How it works\n\n- **Auth** β OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591). ChatGPT registers itself, the user signs in on the NotesBridge consent page, and ChatGPT gets a scoped MCP access token. JWTs are HMAC-signed; three kinds (`session`, `agent`, `mcp`) with distinct privileges. Optional email verification via Resend (`RESEND_API_KEY`); off unless configured, and enforcement is opt-in (`REQUIRE_EMAIL_VERIFICATION`).\n- **Relay** β MCP tool call β job pushed to `jobs:` (TTL β€ the caller's wait window, so an abandoned job can't run late) β the Mac agent (holding a hanging long-poll) is handed the job within ~200ms, executes it, pushes the result β the MCP handler returns it. The long-poll means jobs are delivered on arrival rather than on a fixed interval, so relay overhead is ~300ms instead of ~1s. The agent is considered \"online\" only while it's actively connected.\n- **Agent** β a dependency-free Node CLI. Tools run via JXA (`osascript -l JavaScript`) against Notes.app; arguments are passed as JSON over argv (never shell-interpolated). A macOS LaunchAgent keeps it alive across logins and crashes.\n\n## Repository layout\n\n```\nserver/ Vercel functions: OAuth + MCP endpoint + relay (deploy this)\nagent/ apple-notes-agent β the npm-published Mac CLI (users npx this)\nkit/ Browser automations: register the dev-mode connector AND\n fill the OpenAI directory submission (see kit/README.md)\nsupabase/ schema.sql for self-hosting the storage\ntest/ end-to-end OAuth + MCP integration test\n```\n\n## Development\n\n```bash\n# server\ncd server && cp .env.example .env.local # fill in, then: vercel dev\n# end-to-end test against a live deployment (reads ../.env.local)\nnode test/e2e-oauth.mjs\n# agent unit tests\nnode --test agent/test-agent-unit.mjs\n```\n\n## Security & privacy\n\n- Notes are read/written **only on your Mac**. The relay never persists note content β job payloads live in Redis-shaped storage with a short TTL and are deleted on delivery.\n- The agent token is stored at `~/.notesbridge-agent.json` (mode `600`).\n- No secrets are committed; see [`.gitignore`](./.gitignore) and the `.env.example` files.\n- Write tools are marked destructive so ChatGPT asks before overwriting.\n\n## License\n\n[MIT](./LICENSE) Β© Isaiah Dupree\n",
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