io.github.jordanburke/joplin-mcp-server

io.github.jordanburke/joplin-mcp-serverv2.3.3Search

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

The current version, v2.3.3, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-08-31. It is distributed as joplin-mcp-server on npm, filed under Search by this index, and declares 13 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using io.github.jordanburke/joplin-mcp-server in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

NOT YET SCREENEDno verdict on file

Verdict not yet evaluated for this tool. The semantic screen takes adversarial cases first; coverage rolls out as the corpus expands (15/150 labels to graduation). The deterministic conformance probe is built but has not yet run on the public corpus, so a recorded verdict here is REVIEW or UNVERIFIED, never a clearing ALLOW. Until a verdict is recorded, an agent should treat this tool as not-yet-cleared and fall back to its own checks. Method: the eval, four-state verdict, honest limits.

Own this server? Screen its description →

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-08-31).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins io.github.jordanburke/joplin-mcp-server’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

See your first HOLD in 2 minutes →

Environment variables

JOPLIN_TOKEN

secret

Joplin API token, for external mode only (see JOPLIN_HOST). Sidecar mode manages its own token and ignores this.

JOPLIN_HOST

Connect to an existing Joplin instance at this host instead of running a sidecar

JOPLIN_PORT

Port of the existing Joplin instance (default: 41184)

JOPLIN_PROFILE

Joplin data directory for sidecar mode (default: ~/.config/joplin-mcp)

JOPLIN_CLI

Path to the joplin CLI binary, overriding auto-detection

JOPLIN_SYNC_TARGET

Sync target: none, filesystem, webdav, nextcloud, joplin-cloud, joplin-server, s3, dropbox, onedrive (default: none)

JOPLIN_SYNC_PATH

Sync target URL or path; the bucket name for the s3 target

JOPLIN_SYNC_USERNAME

Sync username or email; the access key for the s3 target

JOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORD

secret

Sync password; the secret key for the s3 target

JOPLIN_SYNC_REGION

S3 region (default: us-east-1)

JOPLIN_SYNC_ENDPOINT

S3 endpoint URL for non-AWS providers such as Backblaze B2, MinIO, R2 or Wasabi (default: https://s3.amazonaws.com/)

JOPLIN_SYNC_FORCE_PATH_STYLE

Use path-style S3 URLs, which self-hosted providers such as MinIO usually require: true or false (default: false)

LOG_LEVEL

Log verbosity: debug, info, warn or error (default: info)

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

completeness

installability

documentation

stability

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "joplin-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "joplin-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JOPLIN_TOKEN": "<your-joplin_token>",
        "JOPLIN_HOST": "<joplin_host>",
        "JOPLIN_PORT": "<joplin_port>",
        "JOPLIN_PROFILE": "<joplin_profile>",
        "JOPLIN_CLI": "<joplin_cli>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_TARGET": "<joplin_sync_target>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_PATH": "<joplin_sync_path>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_USERNAME": "<joplin_sync_username>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORD": "<your-joplin_sync_password>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_REGION": "<joplin_sync_region>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_ENDPOINT": "<joplin_sync_endpoint>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_FORCE_PATH_STYLE": "<joplin_sync_force_path_style>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<log_level>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "joplin-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "joplin-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JOPLIN_TOKEN": "<your-joplin_token>",
        "JOPLIN_HOST": "<joplin_host>",
        "JOPLIN_PORT": "<joplin_port>",
        "JOPLIN_PROFILE": "<joplin_profile>",
        "JOPLIN_CLI": "<joplin_cli>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_TARGET": "<joplin_sync_target>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_PATH": "<joplin_sync_path>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_USERNAME": "<joplin_sync_username>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORD": "<your-joplin_sync_password>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_REGION": "<joplin_sync_region>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_ENDPOINT": "<joplin_sync_endpoint>",
        "JOPLIN_SYNC_FORCE_PATH_STYLE": "<joplin_sync_force_path_style>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<log_level>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- joplin-mcp-server

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user joplin-mcp-server -- npx -y -- joplin-mcp-server

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user joplin-mcp-server npx -y -- joplin-mcp-server

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-jordanburke-joplin-mcp-server

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v2.3.3
category: Search
quality: 85 / 100
operator: jordanburke

Listing

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Provenance

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