Launching soon · Mac & iPhone

Catch the work your day would forget.

Noatery is a local-first accomplishment log for you and your agents. Capture what you finished, review your week, search your history, and keep a record that stays private, portable, and yours.

Local-first No subscription MCP server Early access June 2026
Human capture
Shipped onboarding fix and confirmed with the customer.
Today, Thursday
Shipped onboarding fix & confirmed with customer #support
You
Drafted Q3 retro and shared with the team #writing
You
Refactored auth middleware, all tests passing #code
Agent
MCP agent
Refactored auth middleware. 14 tests passing.
This week

— A familiar feeling —

Busy all day.
Got nothing done.
Then you remember the eleven things you actually shipped.

Fragmented days don’t give themselves back to you. Noatery is the place where finished work lands so you can see it, search it, and trust the record later.

The flip

Turn “I need to do this”
into “I did this.”

Noatery isn’t another planning surface. Use it after the work is real: shipped a fix, answered the hard email, handled the fire, wrote the draft, helped the customer, closed the loop.

Before · A todo list

  • Follow up on onboarding issue
  • Reply to Lina about Q3 retro
  • Look at the auth bug
  • Plan tomorrow’s standup
  • Call the bank, somehow

After · A done log

  • Fixed onboarding issue and confirmed with customer #support
  • Wrote and shared Q3 retro #writing
  • Patched auth middleware, tests green #code
  • Mapped tomorrow’s standup outline #planning
  • Called the bank. Done. #life
What’s inside

A calm habit, not a dashboard.

Capture, review, and retrieve. Everything Noatery does is in service of that one rhythm — staying out of your way the rest of the time.

Quick capture

Open Quick Add with a global hotkey and log a finished thing before it disappears. One window. One thing. Out of your way.

Today

Your day-level record. Backdate to yesterday or pick a date when memory shows up late. Edit and refine without friction.

Your week

An activity heatmap, day-grouped timeline, top tags, and weekly stats. Notice patterns instead of guessing at momentum.

Tags & search

Drop #tags right into entries. Full-text search finds the thread later, even when memory is fuzzy.

Markdown export

Save plain Markdown by date range or tag. Your record stays readable outside the app — no proprietary format to escape.

Built for agents

An MCP server lets supported AI tools log work too. Filter human, all, or agent entries — one record, clean attribution.
Desktop only.

Yours, in plain text

Your work log stays yours.

Noatery keeps entries on-device by default and works without an account. Export stays available, and history remains readable outside the app as plain Markdown.

  • Local-first storage Entries live on your device. No mandatory cloud, no required login.
  • Plain Markdown export Save by date range or tag. Open the file anywhere — Obsidian, iA Writer, your editor.
  • Open the local data folder Settings includes a one-click reveal of where your entries actually live.
  • No subscription, no lock-in Buy once. Keep using the version you bought, with the data you wrote.
~/Noatery/2025-04-30.md Exported
# Thursday, April 30
## Entries

- [x] Shipped onboarding fix and confirmed with customer #support
- [x] Drafted Q3 retro & shared with team #writing
- [x] Refactored auth middleware, all tests passing #code @agent
- [x] Mapped tomorrow’s standup outline #planning
- [x] Called the bank. Done. #life

## Tags
#support #writing #code #planning #life
Two apps · One habit

Great on Mac.
Better with iPhone.

The Mac app stands on its own. Add iPhone when mobile capture and on-the-go review become useful. Both are coming soon as one-time purchases.

macOS

Keyboard-first capture & review

A global hotkey opens Quick Add from anywhere. Today, Week, search, and tags live a keystroke away. Built for the deep-work surface where most of your finished work actually happens.

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Today, Thursday · Apr 30
Shipped onboarding fix #support
Drafted Q3 retro & shared #writing
Refactored auth middleware #code
Mapped tomorrow’s standup #planning
Quick Add
Helped Maya unblock her PR
 to log
iOS

The habit, in your pocket.

For capture between meetings, on the train, or right after the call ends. Add an entry, scroll the day, glance at the week. Same record, mobile shape.

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Today, Thursday
Apr 30 · 5:42 PM
Shipped onboarding fix #support
Drafted Q3 retro #writing
Helped Maya unblock PR #team
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For AI-native workflows

Built for humans.
Ready for agents.

The MCP server reads and writes the same local SQLite database your Noatery Mac app uses. No sync, no separate API, no auth. Install once, add one config block to your AI client, and every agent session can log, search, and export entries alongside your own.

Every entry carries a source. Filter to human only, all, or agent only when you want a clean view of who actually did what.

7 tools

create_entry list_entries search_entries update_entry delete_entry list_tags export_entries

Works with

Cursor Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Windsurf VS Code Copilot

Install

npx @chainframe/noatery-mcp-server

Requires Noatery for Mac · Node.js ≥ 20 · macOS only

The iPhone app does not support MCP. It is designed for human capture only.
cursor · noatery-mcp
tool: create_entry
  text: "Refactored auth middleware,
    all 14 tests passing"

  tags: ["#code", "#refactor"]
  source: agent

→ logged · entry_4f8a · today, 14:22

tool: search_entries
  query: "#code" · last 7 days

→ 9 entries · 5 human · 4 agent
Roadmap

Help choose what comes next.

Noatery is launching soon. After early access, we’re deciding what to build next based on real workflows — from private sync to AI summaries and more platform support.

Phase 1 · Early Access
Done log for Mac & iPhone
  • Local-first capture and review
  • Quick Add, tags, search, week view
  • Markdown export
  • MCP server for desktop AI tools
Phase 2 · Sync Without Lock-In
Free cloud sync through your own storage
  • Sync across Mac and iPhone via iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive
  • View MCP / agent logs on mobile
  • No Noatery cloud account required
Phase 3 · AI Workflows
MCP logging from web-based AI tools
  • Agent logging from ChatGPT, Claude web, and other browser-based tools
  • Private AI summaries of your week
  • Ask questions about your work history
Phase 4 · Capture + Integrations
More ways to log finished work
  • Browser extension / share sheet capture
  • Calendar, GitHub, Linear, or Jira context
  • Obsidian / Markdown vault mode
Phase 5 · More Platforms
Windows and Android support
  • Windows desktop app
  • Android companion app

Want one of these first? Vote on the roadmap and tell us what would make Noatery useful for your workflow.

Vote on the Roadmap
Early access

Launching soon.
Join the list.

Noatery is opening early access in June 2026. No subscription, no cloud lock-in. One-time purchase apps, a free MCP server, and local data you own.

macOS
Noatery for Mac
One-time purchase · coming soon
  • Quick Add & global hotkey
  • Today, Week, tags, search
  • Markdown export
  • MCP server for AI tools
  • Local data, no account
iOS
Noatery for iPhone
One-time purchase · coming soon
  • Mobile capture & review
  • Today & tags
  • Markdown export
  • Local data, no account
  • No MCP — human capture only
npm
MCP Server
Free · open source
  • create, search, update entries
  • export to Markdown or JSON
  • Cursor, Claude, Codex & more
  • Reads your local Noatery DB
  • macOS only · requires Node ≥ 20
Join Early Access

No subscription. No cloud add-on. Apps you buy once and keep.

Questions

The practical stuff.

Is Noatery a to-do list? +
No. Noatery is for logging completed work, not planning unfinished work. The flip is intentional — instead of staring at what isn’t done yet, you build a clear record of what actually moved.
Do I need an account? +
No. The app works locally without an account. Open it, start logging.
Where is my data stored? +
Noatery is local-first. Entries live on your device by default, and export keeps your history portable. There’s no required Noatery cloud, and Settings lets you reveal the local data folder directly.
Can I export my data? +
Yes. Exports are plain Markdown, by date range or tag. The format is readable in any editor, so your record stays useful outside the app.
Do I need both the Mac and iPhone apps? +
No. Each app stands on its own. Owning both is useful if you want the same done-log habit on desktop and mobile, but neither requires the other.
Does Noatery work with AI tools? +
Yes, on supported desktop workflows. Noatery includes an MCP server so AI tools can create and manage entries, with clear source attribution and filtering between human and agent logs. The mobile app does not currently support MCP.
Is this a team tool? +
No. Noatery is designed as a personal tool — a private record of your own work, not a shared workspace.
What about subscriptions? +
There aren’t any. Each app is a one-time purchase. No monthly fee, no paid cloud add-on, no rented access to your own history.
Launching soon

Catch the work
your day would forget.

Join early access and be first to try Noatery on Mac and iPhone. Help shape the roadmap. Keep the record private, portable, and yours.