Overview

The mindpad MCP server lets you save notes directly from AI assistants like Claude Desktop and Cursor — without leaving your workflow.

Your notes are encrypted on our servers — we never store them in plain text.

Setup

1. Generate a Personal Access Token

   Go to mindpad → Account Settings → API and generate a Personal Access Token (PAT). Copy it — it’s only shown once.

2. Add to your AI assistant

   Add the following to your MCP client config:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "mindpad": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": ["-y", "@mindpad/mcp"],
         "env": {
           "MINDPAD_PAT": "your-pat-here"
         }
       }
     }
   }

3. Restart your AI assistant

   Your assistant will now have access to the mindpad tools.

Usage

Just talk naturally — your assistant will save notes when you ask:

• “Save a note about today’s meeting”
• “Jot this down: pick up groceries !errand”
• “Remember that the API key expires on Friday !work”

Tags can be added inline using !tagname.

Tools

save_note

Saves a note to your mindpad account.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
content	string	Yes	The note content in markdown. Use !tagname to add tags inline.

Authentication

The MCP server authenticates using a Personal Access Token (PAT) passed via the MINDPAD_PAT environment variable. The token is sent as a Bearer token to the mindpad API on every request.

Keep your PAT secret. Anyone with access to it can save notes to your account. You can revoke tokens at any time from [mindpad](https://www.mindpad.eu?utm_source=docs) → Account Settings → API.

Privacy

The MCP server forwards the note content you provide to the mindpad API.

When using the web app, notes are encrypted client-side before being sent to the server. When using the API (including via MCP), notes are encrypted server-side before storage.

The AI assistant never has access to your existing notes or your encryption key. It can only save new content that you explicitly instruct it to create.