NoteStore Lab MCP README
The full upstream README, mirrored here for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals, and an original overview live on the NoteStore Lab MCP listing page.
notes-recover
your Apple Notes never really die
What You Get • Install • How It Work • Ecosystem
notes-recover is a forensic-grade reader for Apple Notes. Recover deleted notes, browse the raw NoteStore, and ship audit-ready bundles. Nothing leaves your machine.
🤝 Sister repo: want a prevention-side workflow that schedules backups before notes go missing? See notebackup — the Apple Notes backup control room (path-aware exports,
launchdscheduling, health checks).notebackupcovers the before;notes-recovercovers the after. Together they cover the full Apple Notes lifecycle on macOS.
Recover, browse, prove. NoteStore is just SQLite if you know where to look.
What You Get
| Surface | What |
|---|---|
notes-recovery cli | Walk NoteStore.sqlite. Recover trashed and orphan notes. |
case review skill | Bounded Q&A over a single case root, no hallucinations. |
agent plugins | Drop-in for Claude, Codex, OpenClaw — case in, summary out. |
proof bundle | Every claim ships with the path, hash, and snippet. |
[!IMPORTANT] Local-first by default. No silent telemetry. No cloud round-trip. Your data stays on your machine until you explicitly ship it somewhere.
Install
Three commands. No curl | sh. No login. Read what you run.
Install break? Open your favorite agent and say "Read AGENTS.md and bootstrap notes-recover for me." Agent fix own brain. Long version: docs/.
How It Work
The repo is seven layers — exactly the seven commits in git log. New work goes in as small named PRs. No 50-file mystery commits.
| Layer | What |
|---|---|
chore: scaffold | License, governance, hygiene gates, CI scaffolding. |
feat(core) | The primary engine. The reason notes-recover exists. |
feat(modules) | Packages, adapters, services, plugins. The second floor. |
feat(contracts) | Schemas, configs, public boundaries. Other code talks here. |
test: | Receipts. Everything in this layer must run. |
feat(ops) | Scripts, infra, CI helpers, build glue. |
docs: | Public docs surface. The pretty face. |
git log reads like a building floor plan. Look once, know the whole shape.
Ecosystem
notes-recover lives in the yard family: seven yards. one philosophy: structured input, structured output, structured proof.
| Repo | What |
|---|---|
| switchyard | model & agent runtime switch board |
| browserclickyard | your AI clicks, your browser obeys |
| notes-recover (you here) | your Apple Notes never really die |
| dealyard | let prices fight, you sit and watch |
| docyard | docs site in, markdown out, no scraping by hand |
| fileyard | messy folders in, organized library out |
| proofyard | every claim ships with its receipt |
Cross-family taste: BeamMe · BrewMe · OpenVibeCoding · proofyard.
Star This Repo
If notes-recover saves you a click, an hour, or a headache — star costs zero. Fair trade. ⭐
Also by Yifeng[Terry] Yu
- switchyard — model & agent runtime switch board
- browserclickyard — your AI clicks, your browser obeys
- BeamMe — beam your agent config to any planet
- BrewMe — wake up, news already brewed
- OpenVibeCoding — AI codes overnight, you ship in the morning
License
MIT — small print, big freedom.