Unified note retrieval: get a single note, list notes, resolve references, fetch today/calendar/periodic notes, date ranges, or folder contents.\n\nRouting:\n- version=true → MCP server version + NotePlan app version\n- resolve=true + resolveQuery → resolve a note reference to canonical target\n-...
AI agents call noteplan_get_notes to retrieve information from Noteplan without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs only data retrieval and querying operations on notes and folders without any side effects. It retrieves metadata, resolves references, and lists contents—all read-only operations. No creation, modification, deletion, or code execution is described.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Unified note retrieval: get a single note, list notes, resolve references, fetch today/calendar/periodic notes, date ranges, or folder contents.' The routing options show only retrieval operations: 'get single note', 'list notes',…
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Unified note retrieval: get a single note, list notes, resolve references, fetch today/calendar/periodic notes, date ranges, or folder contents.\n\nRouting:\n- version=true → MCP server version + NotePlan app version\n- resolve=true + resolveQuery → resolve a note reference to canonical target\n- id/title/filename → get single note (metadata + optional content)\n- period + count → recent periodic notes (e.g., last 6 weekly notes)\n- period (no count) → single periodic note (week/month/quarter/year)\n- rangePeriod or startDate+endDate → daily notes in date range\n- folder (no id/title/filename/date) → notes in folder\n- date → calendar note for that date (use. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Noteplan MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Noteplan MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for noteplan_get_notes: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Noteplan. Nothing to install.
noteplan_get_notes is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the noteplan_get_notes rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for noteplan_get_notes. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
noteplan_get_notes is provided by the Noteplan MCP server (@noteplanco/noteplan-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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