Parchmark

MCP server for managing ParchMark notes via Claude Code/Desktop.

Installation

# Run directly
uvx --from git+https://github.com/TejGandham/parchmark-mcp parchmark-mcp

# Or install
pip install git+https://github.com/TejGandham/parchmark-mcp

Upgrading

Caveat: the uvx --from git+… install above is unpinned, but uvx caches the resolved git commit and reuses it — it does not re-pull new commits on its own. New releases will not appear until you bust the cache:

# Re-fetch the default-branch HEAD and rebuild the cached environment
uvx --refresh --from git+https://github.com/TejGandham/parchmark-mcp parchmark-mcp
# …or just clear this package's cache so the next launch re-resolves
uv cache clean parchmark-mcp

Then restart your MCP client (Claude Code/Desktop, opencode) so it relaunches the server — a running client keeps the old process until restarted. See docs/INSTALL.md for details and the pip/uv pip equivalents.

Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Example
PARCHMARK_URL	API base URL	https://parchmark.example.com/api
PARCHMARK_USERNAME	Your username	myuser
PARCHMARK_PASSWORD	Your password	mypassword

Claude Code Setup

claude mcp add parchmark -s user \
  -e "PARCHMARK_URL=https://your-instance/api" \
  -e "PARCHMARK_USERNAME=your-user" \
  -e "PARCHMARK_PASSWORD=your-pass" \
  -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/TejGandham/parchmark-mcp parchmark-mcp

Or manually add to .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parchmark": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/TejGandham/parchmark-mcp", "parchmark-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PARCHMARK_URL": "https://parchmark.example.com/api",
        "PARCHMARK_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "PARCHMARK_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	Parameters	Description
list_notes	None	List all notes (metadata only)
get_note	note_id	Get a specific note with full content
create_note	content	Create a new note from markdown
update_note	note_id, content	Update an existing note
delete_note	note_id	Delete a note

Architecture

parchmark-mcp/
├── src/parchmark_mcp/
│   ├── __init__.py      # Package version
│   ├── server.py        # FastMCP server & tools
│   ├── client.py        # ParchMark API client
│   └── models.py        # Pydantic models
├── tests/
│   ├── test_models.py   # Model tests
│   ├── test_client.py   # Client tests (mocked)
│   └── test_server.py   # Server tests (mocked)
└── pyproject.toml       # Package config

Development

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/TejGandham/parchmark-mcp
cd parchmark-mcp
uv sync --all-extras

# Run tests
uv run pytest tests/ -v

# Lint & format
uv run ruff check src/ tests/
uv run ruff format src/ tests/

# Type check
uv run pyright src/ tests/

Quality Gates

Pre-commit hooks enforce:

• ruff - Linting with autofix
• ruff-format - Code formatting
• pyright --strict - Type checking

Tech Stack

• FastMCP - Python MCP framework
• httpx - Async HTTP client
• Pydantic - Data validation & models
• pyright - Static type checking (strict mode)
• ruff - Linting & formatting
• pytest - Testing with async support

License

MIT