Claude Desktop Bridge

io.github.KiMiGuelPublished by GitHub account KiMiGuelv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Shared local knowledge vault MCP server for Claude Desktop (Chat + Code)

The publisher's own server: Claude Platform Docs

VerifiedSTDIODesktop onlyKnowledge & MemoryDeveloper Tools

Overview

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A local MCP server that gives Claude Desktop's Chat and Code tabs a shared, persistent SQLite note vault the assistant can save, search and update.

What you can do
Save new notes with title, content, optional tags and an optional project label, and update an existing note's fields later. Retrieve notes by id, tag or project, most recent first. Run full-text search over note titles and content. Permanently delete a note by id. Keep notes separated per project so work across codebases stays apart.
When to use it
Useful when you switch between Claude Desktop's Chat and Code tabs and want context, decisions or snippets to carry over instead of being re-derived. Also handy for keeping per-project notes across several codebases.
Requirements
Runs as a local process on the user's machine, installed as a Claude Desktop extension; Desktop supplies its own Node runtime, so end users need no Node install. Building from source needs Node.js 22+. The vault is a local SQLite file, by default under the home directory, and its location can be set with the VAULT_DIR environment variable. No network access and no authentication.
Before you install
Notes are stored in plain local SQLite and persist after uninstalling until deleted with the delete tool or by removing the file. The delete tool removes notes permanently. The assistant decides on its own what to save or search, so sensitive content may be written to the vault without an explicit request.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Claude Desktop Bridge in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

Claude-Desktop-Bridge

Local MCP server that gives Claude Desktop's Chat and Code tabs a shared, persistent note vault. Claude pulls only what it needs via five tools — save_note, get_notes, search_notes, update_note, delete_note — instead of re-deriving context after every tab switch.

Install

  1. Download claude-desktop-bridge.mcpb from Releases.
  2. Drag it onto the Claude Desktop window — or Settings → Extensions → Advanced settings → Install Extension…
  3. No configuration. The vault lives at ~/.claude-bridge/vault.db.

Tools

ToolDescription
save_noteSave a new note (title, content, optional tags, optional project)
get_notesRetrieve notes by id, tags, or project, most recent first
search_notesFull-text search over note titles and content
update_noteUpdate an existing note's title, content, tags, or project
delete_notePermanently delete a note by id

Notes carry an optional project field, so work across multiple codebases stays separated — each project's notes filter independently.

Use it

Talk normally in either tab — Claude calls the tools on its own when useful. You never invoke anything manually.

  • Proactive, not automatic-automatic. Claude decides what's worth saving or searching — it's not logging every message. Say "remember this for later" when you want something kept.
  • Tag by project when working across codebases, so a search in one repo's context doesn't surface another's notes.
  • Chat tab "Projects" don't auto-link to a Code tab folder. Put it in that Project's Custom Instructions: "This project corresponds to the my-repo codebase; use Claude-Desktop-Bridge with project: 'my-repo'."

Where this works

SurfaceWorks out of the box?
Claude Desktop — Chat tab✅ Yes
Claude Desktop — Code tab (local sessions)✅ Yes
Standalone claude CLI (terminal, Desktop not required)⚠️ Needs one extra step
Claude Code on the Web / cloud sessions❌ Not available (local-only server)

The standalone CLI doesn't read Desktop's extension config. Register it explicitly:

bash
# macOS or WSL — imports every MCP server Desktop has configuredclaude mcp add-from-claude-desktop
# Any platform, including Linux — register this repo's built server:claude mcp add --scope user claude-desktop-bridge -- node /path/to/claude-desktop-bridge/server/index.js

--scope user makes it available in every terminal project. It reads the same ~/.claude-bridge/vault.db as the Desktop extension, so notes are shared.

Want notes to cost fewer tokens? cdb-companion compresses content before it hits save_note/update_note.

Building from source

bash
npm installnpm run build   # bundles src/index.ts -> server/index.jsnpm run pack     # produces claude-desktop-bridge.mcpb

Requires Node.js 22+ (built-in node:sqlite). Claude Desktop's own Node runtime runs the extension — end users need no Node install. Gates: npm ci + npm test (see .github/workflows/npm-project.yml).

Configuration

  • Vault → ~/.claude-bridge/vault.db (local SQLite). Uninstalling the extension keeps the file; notes persist until deleted via delete_note or by removing the file.
  • Network → none. No server component, no outbound requests, no analytics or telemetry.

Contribute

Open an issue to discuss before a PR. Edit src/index.ts — server/index.js is generated. PRs must pass npm ci + npm test.

License

MIT

Source: README.md at commit 419827a

Tools

0
SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026

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