[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":475},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-connect-claude-to-your-notes":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"authorKey":6,"body":7,"breadcrumb":430,"cta":431,"description":436,"draft":437,"extension":438,"eyebrow":439,"faq":440,"icon":459,"iconColor":460,"items":461,"meta":462,"navigation":463,"parent":464,"path":466,"published":467,"readingTime":468,"seo":469,"stem":472,"updated":473,"__hash__":474},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fconnect-claude-to-your-notes.md","How to connect Claude to your notes","steffen",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":413},"minimark",[10,14,17,31,36,88,98,102,107,110,123,127,130,142,145,149,163,166,170,173,181,184,187,190,193,230,240,243,263,271,275,278,284,290,293,297,323,327,335,339,359,363,409],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Claude is good at the slow kind of thinking: working through a decision, drafting something long, or making sense of a pile of notes. All of that goes better when Claude can see what you already know, and when the result does not vanish when you close the chat.",[11,15,16],{},"You can connect Claude to your notes in two ways. In the Claude app, Claude Desktop, and Cowork, you add a connector from Claude's directory. In Claude Code, you add the same connection with one command. After that, Claude can search your notes, answer from them, write new ones, and edit old ones.",[11,18,19,20,25,26,30],{},"We make ",[21,22,24],"a",{"href":23},"\u002F","Capacities",", so this guide uses it. For other notes apps that work with Claude, see our ",[21,27,29],{"href":28},"\u002Fnote-taking-apps-for-ai","list of note-taking apps for AI",".",[32,33,35],"h2",{"id":34},"the-short-answer","The short answer",[37,38,39,52],"table",{},[40,41,42],"thead",{},[43,44,45,49],"tr",{},[46,47,48],"th",{},"Where you use Claude",[46,50,51],{},"How to connect",[53,54,55,72],"tbody",{},[43,56,57,61],{},[58,59,60],"td",{},"Claude app, Claude Desktop, phone, Cowork",[58,62,63,64,67,68,71],{},"Open the connector directory, find ",[65,66,24],"strong",{},", click ",[65,69,70],{},"Connect",", sign in.",[43,73,74,77],{},[58,75,76],{},"Claude Code",[58,78,79,83,84,87],{},[80,81,82],"code",{},"claude mcp add --transport http capacities https:\u002F\u002Fapi.capacities.io\u002Fmcp",", then ",[80,85,86],{},"\u002Fmcp"," to sign in.",[11,89,90,91,97],{},"You pick one space when you sign in. You need Capacities Pro. The ",[21,92,96],{"href":93,"rel":94},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Freference\u002Fai-chat-connectors#claude",[95],"nofollow","setup guide"," has screenshots.",[32,99,101],{"id":100},"what-claude-can-do-with-your-notes","What Claude can do with your notes",[103,104,106],"h3",{"id":105},"answer-from-what-you-have-written","Answer from what you have written",[11,108,109],{},"Claude searches your space, reads the notes that match, and answers from them. It links to the notes it used.",[111,112,113,117,120],"ul",{},[114,115,116],"li",{},"\"What did I decide about the new pricing, and why?\"",[114,118,119],{},"\"Read my notes on Botticelli and compare the themes across his paintings in a table.\"",[114,121,122],{},"\"Which people have I met through the design conference? What do I know about each?\"",[103,124,126],{"id":125},"make-sense-of-many-notes","Make sense of many notes",[11,128,129],{},"This is where Claude shines. Point it at a set of notes and ask what it sees.",[131,132],"chat-to-note",{":lines":133,"app":134,"noteColor":135,"noteIcon":136,"noteLabel":137,"noteTitle":138,"noteType":139,"prompt":140,"reply":141},"[\"Importing old notes, 7 of 12 interviews\",\"They get stuck before they start writing\",\"Linked to the 12 interview notes\"]","claude","amber","i-ph-lightbulb-duotone","Created in Capacities","People get stuck importing their old notes","Atomic note","Go through my customer interview notes from September. What keeps coming up? Save the main theme as an atomic note.","Onboarding comes up in 7 of 12 interviews, mostly people stuck importing old notes. I saved that as an atomic note and linked each interview.",[11,143,144],{},"Ask it to narrow first, then read. \"List my Interview notes from September\" works better than \"read all my notes\". Claude picks up on this quickly when you say it once.",[103,146,148],{"id":147},"write-and-edit","Write and edit",[111,150,151,154,157,160],{},[114,152,153],{},"\"Save the outline we just made as a page called 'Essay on slow productivity', linked to my Writing page.\"",[114,155,156],{},"\"Add a Person object for today's podcast guest, with their name and role, and put my notes in the body.\"",[114,158,159],{},"\"Shorten the second paragraph of my draft and keep my voice.\"",[114,161,162],{},"\"Mark the Book 'The Overstory' as finished and add today's date.\"",[11,164,165],{},"Every edit is saved in the note's version history.",[32,167,169],{"id":168},"cowork-and-longer-tasks","Cowork and longer tasks",[11,171,172],{},"In Cowork, Claude can work through a longer task step by step while you do something else. With your notes connected, that task can start from your context and end in your notes.",[111,174,175,178],{},[114,176,177],{},"\"Read my meeting notes from this week, and write a one-page summary for Friday into today's daily note.\"",[114,179,180],{},"\"Go through my reading notes tagged #habits and draft a blog post outline from them.\"",[11,182,183],{},"Some people set up a scheduled task in Claude that writes a short briefing into their daily note every morning. The connection works the same way for those.",[32,185,76],{"id":186},"claude-code",[11,188,189],{},"Claude Code is Claude in your terminal. Developers use it to write and change code, and more and more people use it for writing and research too.",[11,191,192],{},"Add the connection once:",[194,195,200],"pre",{"className":196,"code":197,"language":198,"meta":199,"style":199},"language-bash shiki shiki-themes material-theme-lighter github-light github-dark","claude mcp add --transport http capacities https:\u002F\u002Fapi.capacities.io\u002Fmcp\n","bash","",[80,201,202],{"__ignoreMap":199},[203,204,207,210,214,217,221,224,227],"span",{"class":205,"line":206},"line",1,[203,208,134],{"class":209},"sbgvK",[203,211,213],{"class":212},"s_sjI"," mcp",[203,215,216],{"class":212}," add",[203,218,220],{"class":219},"stzsN"," --transport",[203,222,223],{"class":212}," http",[203,225,226],{"class":212}," capacities",[203,228,229],{"class":212}," https:\u002F\u002Fapi.capacities.io\u002Fmcp\n",[11,231,232,233,235,236,239],{},"Then type ",[80,234,86],{}," in Claude Code and sign in. Use ",[80,237,238],{},"\u002Fcontext"," to see how much room each connected server takes in the context window.",[11,241,242],{},"What it is good for:",[111,244,245,251,257],{},[114,246,247,250],{},[65,248,249],{},"Decisions next to the code."," \"Read my Capacities note on the billing redesign before you start.\" The why stays in your notes, and the code stays in the repository.",[114,252,253,256],{},[65,254,255],{},"Writing back what happened."," \"Write a short note in Capacities about what we changed today and why, linked to the Billing project.\"",[114,258,259,262],{},[65,260,261],{},"Turning research into a draft."," \"Pull my notes tagged #onboarding and draft the docs page from them.\"",[11,264,265,266,270],{},"If you want Claude Code to build a whole knowledge base for you and your agents, read our guide to an ",[21,267,269],{"href":268},"\u002Fsecond-brain-for-ai-agents","AI second brain",". It covers Cursor, Codex, and when a folder of Markdown files is the better choice.",[32,272,274],{"id":273},"claude-memory-and-projects-are-not-a-replacement","Claude memory and Projects are not a replacement",[11,276,277],{},"Claude has two features that sound similar.",[11,279,280,283],{},[65,281,282],{},"Memory"," is a summary Claude writes about you from your conversations, updated every 24 hours. Anthropic says it focuses on things like your role, your projects, and your preferences. It helps Claude know you. It is not a place where the insight itself lives as a page you can open, change, and link.",[11,285,286,289],{},[65,287,288],{},"Projects"," hold files and instructions for one effort, and each project has its own memory. That keeps projects tidy, and it also means what you learned in one project does not show up in the next. On the free plan you can have up to five projects.",[11,291,292],{},"Your notes sit next to both. They hold what you know across every project, they are pages you control, and every assistant you connect reads the same ones.",[32,294,296],{"id":295},"privacy-and-control","Privacy and control",[111,298,299,302,309,312,315],{},[114,300,301],{},"Claude reaches only the space you picked, and reads only what it looks up for your request.",[114,303,304,305,308],{},"You can see and remove each connection under ",[80,306,307],{},"Settings > AI Assistant"," in Capacities. Remove it in Claude as well.",[114,310,311],{},"Claude asks before it uses a tool, unless you allow it to always use that tool. You can switch tools to ask every time in the connector settings.",[114,313,314],{},"Anthropic's data settings apply to what Claude reads. Check the privacy settings in your Claude account.",[114,316,317,318,30],{},"Capacities stores your notes in the EU. See our ",[21,319,322],{"href":320,"rel":321},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Fmore\u002Fai-privacy",[95],"AI privacy page",[32,324,326],{"id":325},"what-it-costs","What it costs",[11,328,329,330,334],{},"Connecting Claude needs ",[21,331,333],{"href":332},"\u002Fpricing","Capacities Pro",". Your Claude plan pays for the AI. Chats in Claude do not use your Capacities AI budget.",[32,336,338],{"id":337},"who-should-not-use-this","Who should not use this",[111,340,341,347,353],{},[114,342,343,346],{},[65,344,345],{},"If you want Claude Code to work only on files on your disk."," Claude Code is excellent at reading and rewriting a folder of Markdown files. Obsidian or Logseq keep your notes in that form. Capacities is not file-based, although you can export to Markdown at any time.",[114,348,349,352],{},[65,350,351],{},"If your team needs one shared knowledge base."," Capacities is for one person.",[114,354,355,358],{},[65,356,357],{},"If you want Claude to design your structure."," It cannot create object types or properties yet.",[32,360,362],{"id":361},"how-we-wrote-this-guide","How we wrote this guide",[111,364,365,378,402],{},[114,366,367,368,372,373,30],{},"We make Capacities. Claims about it come from our ",[21,369,96],{"href":370,"rel":371},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Freference\u002Fai-chat-connectors",[95]," and ",[21,374,377],{"href":375,"rel":376},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Fdeveloper\u002Fmodel-context-protocol",[95],"MCP documentation",[114,379,380,381,386,387,386,392,397,398,30],{},"Facts about Claude come from Anthropic's help pages, read in October 2026: ",[21,382,385],{"href":383,"rel":384},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.claude.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F11176164-use-connectors-to-extend-claude-s-capabilities",[95],"connectors",", ",[21,388,391],{"href":389,"rel":390},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.claude.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp",[95],"custom connectors",[21,393,396],{"href":394,"rel":395},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.claude.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F11817273-use-claude-s-chat-search-and-memory-to-build-on-previous-context",[95],"memory",", and ",[21,399,288],{"href":400,"rel":401},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.claude.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F9519177-how-can-i-create-and-manage-projects",[95],[114,403,404,405,30],{},"If something here is wrong, email ",[21,406,408],{"href":407},"mailto:team@capacities.io","team@capacities.io",[410,411,412],"style",{},"html pre.shiki code .sbgvK, html code.shiki .sbgvK{--shiki-light:#E2931D;--shiki-default:#6F42C1;--shiki-dark:#B392F0}html pre.shiki code .s_sjI, html code.shiki .s_sjI{--shiki-light:#91B859;--shiki-default:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF}html pre.shiki code .stzsN, html code.shiki .stzsN{--shiki-light:#91B859;--shiki-default:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF}html .light .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-light);background: var(--shiki-light-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration);}html.light .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-light);background: var(--shiki-light-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration);}html .default .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-default);background: var(--shiki-default-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-default-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-default-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-default-text-decoration);}html .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-default);background: var(--shiki-default-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-default-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-default-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-default-text-decoration);}html .dark .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-dark);background: var(--shiki-dark-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-dark-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-dark-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-dark-text-decoration);}html.dark .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-dark);background: var(--shiki-dark-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-dark-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-dark-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-dark-text-decoration);}",{"title":199,"searchDepth":414,"depth":414,"links":415},2,[416,417,423,424,425,426,427,428,429],{"id":34,"depth":414,"text":35},{"id":100,"depth":414,"text":101,"children":418},[419,421,422],{"id":105,"depth":420,"text":106},3,{"id":125,"depth":420,"text":126},{"id":147,"depth":420,"text":148},{"id":168,"depth":414,"text":169},{"id":186,"depth":414,"text":76},{"id":273,"depth":414,"text":274},{"id":295,"depth":414,"text":296},{"id":325,"depth":414,"text":326},{"id":337,"depth":414,"text":338},{"id":361,"depth":414,"text":362},"Connect Claude to your notes",{"heading":432,"subheading":433,"secondaryLabel":434,"secondaryTo":435},"Give Claude your context","Start your notes for free. Connect Claude with Pro.","All assistants","\u002Fconnect-ai-to-your-notes","Use your own notes in the Claude app, Cowork, and Claude Code. Claude can search them, answer from them, write new notes, and edit old ones. Setup, examples, limits, and privacy.",false,"md","Claude and your notes",[441,444,447,450,453,456],{"question":442,"answer":443},"How do I add Capacities to Claude?","In Claude, open the connector directory, find Capacities, and click Connect. Sign in and pick a space. The same connection then works in the Claude app, Claude Desktop, and Cowork. The [setup guide](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Freference\u002Fai-chat-connectors#claude) shows each step.",{"question":445,"answer":446},"How do I use Capacities in Claude Code?","Run `claude mcp add --transport http capacities https:\u002F\u002Fapi.capacities.io\u002Fmcp` in your terminal. Then type `\u002Fmcp` in Claude Code and sign in. Use `\u002Fcontext` to see how much of the context window each connected server uses.",{"question":448,"answer":449},"Does it work on the free Claude plan?","Anthropic lists connectors on the free plan. Free accounts are limited to one custom connector added by URL. You need Capacities Pro on the Capacities side.",{"question":451,"answer":452},"Can Claude edit my existing notes?","Yes. Claude can change properties, add to the end of a note, and add, rewrite, or delete paragraphs. Each change is saved in the note's version history, so you can restore an earlier version.",{"question":454,"answer":455},"Is this better than Claude Projects?","They do different jobs. A project holds files and instructions for one effort. Your notes hold everything you know, across all your efforts, as pages you can open and link. Claude can use both at once.",{"question":457,"answer":458},"Can I use Capacities and Obsidian with Claude at the same time?","Yes. Claude can have several connectors at once. Some people keep code docs in a Markdown folder for Claude Code and their thinking, people, and meetings in Capacities.","i-ph-asterisk-duotone","orange",null,{},true,{"name":465,"path":435,"backLabel":465},"Connect AI to your notes","\u002Fguides\u002Fconnect-claude-to-your-notes","2026-10-09","9 min read",{"title":470,"description":471},"How to Connect Claude to Your Notes (Claude, Cowork, Claude Code)","Connect Claude to your notes through the connector directory or one Claude Code command. What Claude can read and write, prompts to copy, limits, and privacy.","guides\u002Fconnect-claude-to-your-notes","2026-10-12","jz9Fc2N4_minp_TxBABnf6RNM6KHyXFfN2ri_EiqATc",1791910183009]