IWE MCP Server: Setup for Claude, Cursor and Other Apps

• Searches your notes with fuzzy matching and link filters

  Finds notes by fuzzy text match, and can limit results by how they link to other notes.

  Try: “Find my notes about authentication.”

  Files · iwe_find

• Reads notes along with the notes they link to

  Fetches notes and expands outward through links to the depth you set, with limits on how many notes come back. Can also search by keywords first.

  Try: “Read my login-flow note and the notes it links to.”

  Files · iwe_retrieve

• Shows how your notes are organized

  Returns the hierarchy of notes as a tree, optionally limited to part of it.

  Try: “Show me the outline of my notes.”

  Files · iwe_tree

• Reports note counts and broken links

  Returns statistics about the whole note collection, plus broken links, or details for one note including near-duplicates.

  Try: “Are there broken links in my notes?”

  Files · iwe_stats

• Flattens a note and the notes it embeds into one document

  Expands embedded block references so you can read the whole thing as a single flat document.

  Try: “Squash my project-plan note into one document.”

  Files · iwe_squash

• Runs an advanced query over your notes, including bulk edits

  Runs a find, count, update or delete operation written in IWE's query language. Updates and deletes must declare what they expect to change, or they are refused. A preview mode is available.

  Try: “Count notes tagged "draft" and list their keys.”

  Delete · iwe_query

• Creates a note

  Writes a new markdown note at a key you choose. By default it fails if that key already exists.

  Try: “Create a note people/ada about Ada Lovelace.”

  Write · iwe_create

• Replaces the whole content of a note

  Overwrites an existing note with the new text you give it. Has a preview mode.

  Try: “Rewrite my meeting note with this summary.”

  Write · iwe_update

• Deletes a note and removes links to it

  Deletes a note and cleans up references to it in other notes. Has a preview mode.

  Try: “Delete the obsolete draft note.”

  Delete · iwe_delete

• Renames a note and fixes links to it

  Changes a note's key and updates every link that points to it.

  Try: “Rename "auth" to "authentication".”

  Write · iwe_rename

• Moves a section into its own note

  Pulls a section out of a note into a new one and leaves a reference behind.

  Try: “Extract the pricing section into its own note.”

  Write · iwe_extract

• Replaces a reference with the content it points to

  Puts the referenced note's content directly into the note that referenced it.

  Try: “Inline the glossary reference into this note.”

  Write · iwe_inline

• Reformats all notes consistently

  Rewrites all documents so their formatting is consistent.

  Try: “Normalize formatting across my notes.”

  Write · iwe_normalize

• Attaches a note to a target using configured actions

  Adds a note to another place in your collection using the actions defined in your IWE configuration.

  Try: “Attach this note to my weekly log.”

  Write · iwe_attach

Watch out for

• It can delete and overwrite your notes

  The delete, update, rename and bulk query tools change or remove note files in the folder it runs in. Keep the folder in git or backed up, and use the preview option first. iwe.md

• Bulk edits reach many files at once

  The query tool and the formatting tool can rewrite many notes in one call. Updates must declare what they expect to change, but check the preview before applying. iwe.md

• The optional HTTP mode has no sign-in

  If you run it over HTTP it listens on 127.0.0.1 by default and speaks plain HTTP with no authentication. Do not bind it to 0.0.0.0 without a proxy in front. iwe.md

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