Open Notebook runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 381 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 22 Dec 2025.
MCP server that wraps the Open Notebook API
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Open Notebook 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 mcp add open-notebook -- uvx open-notebook-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"open-notebook": {
"args": [
"open-notebook-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.open-notebook]
command = "uvx"
args = ["open-notebook-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"open-notebook": {
"args": [
"open-notebook-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"open-notebook": {
"args": [
"open-notebook-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
OPEN_NOTEBOOK_URL (URL of your Open Notebook instance), OPEN_NOTEBOOK_PASSWORD (Authentication password (if APP_PASSWORD is set in Open Notebook)).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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