Install joplin-mcp-server for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jordanburke-joplin-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"joplin-mcp-server@2.3.3"
],
"env": {
"JOPLIN_TOKEN": "YOUR_JOPLIN_TOKEN",
"JOPLIN_HOST": "",
"JOPLIN_PORT": "",
"JOPLIN_PROFILE": "",
"JOPLIN_CLI": "",
"JOPLIN_SYNC_TARGET": "",
"JOPLIN_SYNC_PATH": "",
"JOPLIN_SYNC_USERNAME": "",
"JOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORD": "YOUR_JOPLIN_SYNC_PASSWORD",
"JOPLIN_SYNC_REGION": "",
"JOPLIN_SYNC_ENDPOINT": "",
"JOPLIN_SYNC_FORCE_PATH_STYLE": "",
"LOG_LEVEL": ""
}
}
}
}