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joplin-mcp-server

Search, read, create, edit and sync Joplin notes and notebooks via a headless Joplin sidecar.

jordanburkejordanburke/joplin-mcp-server★ 7Updated Aug 31, 2026

server.json

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.jordanburke/joplin-mcp-server",
  "description": "Search, read, create, edit and sync Joplin notes and notebooks via a headless Joplin sidecar.",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/jordanburke/joplin-mcp-server",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "2.3.3",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "npm",
      "identifier": "joplin-mcp-server",
      "version": "2.3.3",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "description": "Joplin API token, for external mode only (see JOPLIN_HOST). Sidecar mode manages its own token and ignores this.",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "JOPLIN_TOKEN"
        },
        {
          "description": "Connect to an existing Joplin instance at this host instead of running a sidecar",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_HOST"
        },
        {
          "description": "Port of the existing Joplin instance (default: 41184)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_PORT"
        },
        {
          "description": "Joplin data directory for sidecar mode (default: ~/.config/joplin-mcp)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_PROFILE"
        },
        {
          "description": "Path to the joplin CLI binary, overriding auto-detection",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_CLI"
        },
        {
          "description": "Sync target: none, filesystem, webdav, nextcloud, joplin-cloud, joplin-server, s3, dropbox, onedrive (default: none)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_SYNC_TARGET"
        },
        {
          "description": "Sync target URL or path; the bucket name for the s3 target",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_SYNC_PATH"
        },
        {
          "description": "Sync username or email; the access key for the s3 target",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_SYNC_USERNAME"
        },
        {
          "description": "Sync password; the secret key for the s3 target",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "JOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORD"
        },
        {
          "description": "S3 region (default: us-east-1)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_SYNC_REGION"
        },
        {
          "description": "S3 endpoint URL for non-AWS providers such as Backblaze B2, MinIO, R2 or Wasabi (default: https://s3.amazonaws.com/)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_SYNC_ENDPOINT"
        },
        {
          "description": "Use path-style S3 URLs, which self-hosted providers such as MinIO usually require: true or false (default: false)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "JOPLIN_SYNC_FORCE_PATH_STYLE"
        },
        {
          "description": "Log verbosity: debug, info, warn or error (default: info)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "LOG_LEVEL"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Permissions

DeclaredDetected
Runs code—node
Installs—npm:joplin-mcp-server@2.3.3
Runs install scripts—None
NetworkNoneNone
Needs credentialsJOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORDJOPLIN_TOKENJOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORDJOPLIN_TOKEN
Outside the workspace—None
Agent tools—None

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Versions

  1. #12.3.3latestOct 7, 2026