# TalkBar MCP & CLI

Connect AI assistants to TalkBar with the local MCP server or script it with talkbar-cli: setup, access switches, tools and the full operations reference.

Canonical URL: https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp

Give your AI assistant safe, local access to your conversations

Let Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and other MCP clients search, read and update your TalkBar sessions, notes, knowledge and more, all on your computer.

Start with setup, then explore the tools and every operation they run.

[Local stdio server · switches you control](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/access-and-permissions)

[Set up MCP](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/setup)

[Operations reference](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/operations)

## Explore MCP & CLI

## Overview

What an assistant can and cannot do with TalkBar

[Overview](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/overview)

## Set up

Turn on MCP Access and connect your client

[Set up](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/setup)

## Access and permissions

Per-operation switches and delete confirmation

[Access and permissions](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/access-and-permissions)

## Tools

The five gateway tools and how to call them

[Tools](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/tools)

## Operations reference

Every operation, its arguments and results

[Operations reference](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/operations)

## talkbar-cli

Run the same operations from scripts

[talkbar-cli](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/cli)

## Errors and limits

Error codes, retries, plan limits and argument rules

[Errors and limits](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/errors-and-limits)

## Examples

Practical walkthroughs with real requests

[Examples](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/examples)

## Documentation for AI assistants

Give your assistant these links to learn how to use TalkBar through MCP or the CLI.

## MCP learning index

Setup, permissions, gateway tools, CLI commands, examples and operation references in reading order.

[MCP learning index](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/llms.txt)

## Complete MCP & CLI reference

All MCP guides and operation references in one text file, including argument names and code examples.

[Complete MCP & CLI reference](https://docs.talkbar.app/mcp/llms-full.txt)