WhyNote MCP Server

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WhyNote runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 20 installs a week from npm. Last commit 11 Aug 2026.

Read-only search, todo listing, and daily note access for a WhyNote account

Installs per day peak 9 · avg 4 · -4% w/w

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Installs / week

npm · why-note-mcp

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0 open issues

11 Aug 2026

Last commit

1 release in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check WhyNote every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add why-note -- npx -y why-note-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "why-note": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "why-note-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.why-note]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "why-note-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "why-note": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "why-note-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "why-note": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "why-note-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: NOTE_URL (Base URL of the WhyNote service), NOTE_TOKEN (Read-only token generated in WhyNote settings). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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WhyNote — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for WhyNote?

WhyNote runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package why-note-mcp was installed 20 times last week.

How do I connect WhyNote?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls why-note-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use WhyNote?

The npm package why-note-mcp was installed 20 times in the last week. Week over week that is -4%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is WhyNote open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.