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Guides to Markdown notes, native Apple note-taking, AI-friendly files, and moving from app-owned libraries to folders you control.

ClaudeMCPMarkdownLocal-first

Give Claude access to your notes

The fastest way to give Claude, Cursor, or any local AI agent access to your notes is plain .md files in a folder. No export step. No paste buffer.

June 20, 2026 5 min read

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MarkdownPortabilityClaude

Are your notes actually yours?

A quick checklist for seeing whether your notes are searchable files, or stuck behind exports and app-specific behavior.

May 20, 2026 5 min read

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ClaudeMarkdownLocal-first

How to keep notes usable by Claude and Cursor

Keep notes where Claude, Cursor, MCP servers, terminal tools, and git can read them as files.

May 20, 2026 6 min read

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Apple NotesMarkdownMigration

Apple Notes to Markdown files: what changes when your notes become portable

Apple Notes can export Markdown, but a Markdown folder changes how search, backups, git, Claude, and Cursor behave.

May 20, 2026 5 min read

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