notepad-server
The notepad-server is a Model Context Protocol server designed to manage a simple notes system. It provides tools for operations like adding, deleting, and updating notes, aimed at demonstrating core MCP concepts.
📝 notepad-server MCP Server
🤖 A Model Context Protocol server
🛠️ This project implements a simple notes system and demonstrates core MCP concepts by providing:
- Tools for creating new notes
- Prompts for generating summaries of notes
🌟 Features
🛠️ Tools
addNotepad
- Description: Add a new notepad
- Parameters:
name
(string): Name of the notepadcontent
(string): Content of the notepad
delNotepad
- Description: Delete a notepad
- Parameters:
id
(number): ID of the notepad to delete
updateNotepad
- Description: Update a notepad
- Parameters:
id
(number): ID of the notepad to updatecontent
(string): New content for the notepad
listNotepads
- Description: List all notepads
- Parameters: None
useNotepad
- Description: Use a specific notepad
- Parameters:
id
(number): ID of the notepad to use
🛠️ Development
Install dependencies:
npm install
Build the server:
npm run build
For development with auto-rebuild:
npm run watch
📥 Installation
To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:
On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"notepad-server": {
"command": "/path/to/notepad-server/build/index.js"
}
}
}
🔍 Debugging
Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:
npm run inspector
The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.