Google Keep MCP server

Google Keep MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that allows you to interact with your Google Keep notes programmatically. It provides functionality to search, create, update, and delete notes through a standardized interface.

Installation and Setup

To use the Keep MCP server, you need to add it to your MCP servers configuration:

"mcpServers": {
  "keep-mcp-pipx": {
    "command": "pipx",
    "args": [
      "run",
      "keep-mcp"
    ],
    "env": {
      "GOOGLE_EMAIL": "Your Google Email",
      "GOOGLE_MASTER_TOKEN": "Your Google Master Token"
    }
  }
}

Credentials Setup

You need to provide two essential credentials:

• GOOGLE_EMAIL: Your Google account email address
• GOOGLE_MASTER_TOKEN: Your Google account master token

To obtain your Google Master Token, refer to the documentation at:

• https://gkeepapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#obtaining-a-master-token
• https://github.com/simon-weber/gpsoauth?tab=readme-ov-file#alternative-flow

Using Keep MCP

The server provides several operations for managing your Google Keep notes:

Available Operations

• find: Search for notes based on a query string
• create_note: Create a new note with title and text (automatically adds keep-mcp label)
• update_note: Update a note's title and text
• delete_note: Mark a note for deletion

Safety Mode

By default, all modification operations (update, delete) are restricted to notes that were created by the MCP server (identified by the keep-mcp label).

To bypass this restriction and allow operations on any note, set the UNSAFE_MODE environment variable to true:

"env": {
  "GOOGLE_EMAIL": "Your Google Email",
  "GOOGLE_MASTER_TOKEN": "Your Google Master Token",
  "UNSAFE_MODE": "true"
}

Troubleshooting

If you encounter a "DeviceManagementRequiredOrSyncDisabled" error, check your Google Admin settings:

1. Visit https://admin.google.com/ac/devices/settings/general
2. Enable "Turn off mobile management (Unmanaged)"

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.