apple-notes-mcp 2.5.7 → 2.5.8

package/README.md

@@ -899,10 +899,10 @@ npm install -g github:sweetrb/apple-notes-mcp
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/sweetrb/apple-notes-mcp.git
 cd apple-notes-mcp
-npm install
-npm run build
 ```
 
+The repo ships a prebuilt, dependency-free `build/index.js`, so a bare clone runs with nothing but Node installed. `npm install` and `npm run build` are only needed when you change the source.
+
 If installed from source, use this configuration:
 ```json
 {
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ If installed from source, use this configuration:
 
 #### Running from a clone in Claude Code (project-scope `.mcp.json`)
 
-This repo ships a `.mcp.json` at its root so that, when you run `claude` from inside a clone, the server is registered automatically as a **project-scope** server — no manual config needed. After `npm run build`, just launch Claude Code from the repo directory and approve the server when prompted.
+This repo ships a `.mcp.json` at its root so that, when you run `claude` from inside a clone, the server is registered automatically as a **project-scope** server — no manual config needed. Just launch Claude Code from the repo directory and approve the server when prompted (the bundled `build/index.js` is committed, so no build step is required).
 
 The entrypoint is written as:
 
@@ -944,6 +944,9 @@ All configuration is optional — the server works out of the box. Override beha
 | `APPLE_NOTES_MCP_MAX_BUFFER` | `67108864` (64 MB) | Max bytes captured from a single AppleScript invocation. Raise it if a very large export/list is truncated; lower it to cap memory. |
 | `APPLE_NOTES_MCP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_BYTES` | `26214400` (25 MB) | Max size of an attachment that [`fetch-attachment`](#fetch-attachment) will base64-encode inline. Larger attachments are rejected with an error pointing at [`save-attachment`](#save-attachment) (which streams to disk and has no such limit). Raise it to fetch bigger attachments inline; lower it to cap memory. |
 | `APPLE_NOTES_MCP_CONFIG_FILE` | `~/Library/Application Support/apple-notes-mcp/config.json` | Path to the JSON config file (see below). |
+| `APPLE_NOTES_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS` | `30000` (30 s) | Per-call AppleScript timeout. Raise it if full-library operations (large searches, exports) time out on a big Notes library. Per-call `timeoutMs` options still win. |
+| `APPLE_NOTES_MCP_MAX_RETRIES` | `2` | Total attempts for an AppleScript call that fails with a **transient** error (Notes.app busy / not responding / lost connection / timeout). `2` means one retry; set `1` to fail fast with no retries. Non-transient errors (e.g. "note not found") never retry. |
+| `APPLE_NOTES_MCP_RETRY_DELAY_MS` | `1000` (1 s) | Base delay before the first retry; subsequent retries back off exponentially (1s, 2s, 4s, ...). |
 | `DEBUG` / `VERBOSE` | unset | Set either to enable verbose diagnostic logging to stderr. |
 
 ### Configuration file (when the host strips `env`)
@@ -1095,7 +1098,7 @@ The `\\\\` in JSON becomes `\\` in the actual string, which represents a single
 
 ### `apple-notes` server fails to connect when run from a clone
 - Launch `claude` from **inside the repo directory** so `CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR` resolves to the repo root (the bare `.` fallback is unreliable — it points at the launching process's working directory)
-- Run `npm run build` first — the entrypoint is `${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-.}/build/index.js`, which won't exist until you build
+- If you've been editing the source, rerun `npm run build` — the entrypoint is `${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-.}/build/index.js`, and the committed bundle only reflects your changes after a rebuild
 - Run `claude mcp list` to check for a conflicting `apple-notes` entry at another scope (project-scope outranks user-scope, but local-scope outranks project-scope)
 - Approve the pending project-scope server when Claude Code prompts you
 
@@ -1105,7 +1108,7 @@ The `\\\\` in JSON becomes `\\` in the actual string, which represents a single
 
 ```bash
 npm install            # Install dependencies
-npm run build          # Compile TypeScript
+npm run build          # Typecheck, then bundle src/index.ts into build/index.js (esbuild)
 npm test               # Run unit test suite (mocked AppleScript)
 npm run test:integration  # Run integration tests against real Notes.app
 npm run test:all       # Unit + integration