# Lanternote (mcpb · lanternote-1.22.0.mcpb) Search, read and query large folders of Markdown notes (200,000+). Optional, reversible edits. - Trust score: 53/100 (low) - Change this week: +3 - Registry status: active - Liveness: live - Owner verified: no - Last scored: 2026-10-17 ## Components - mcpb · `lanternote-1.22.0.mcpb`: 53/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ericthai-labs-lanternote/lanternote.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ericthai-labs-lanternote/lanternote) ## Channel facts - Registry: `mcpb` - Package: `https://github.com/ericthai-labs/lanternote/releases/download/v1.22.0/lanternote-1.22.0.mcpb` - Transport: `stdio` - SHA-256: `4360d4e5862898a6dcc4db72c1dc6ccc1d39cf7700a18ae84e4ea90c2fe6363b` ## Trust breakdown How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog) Scored 2026-10-17. - **Supply Chain Security**: 6/100 - No malware scan is available for this kind of package: the supply-chain vendors we use do not cover it. This is a permanent gap in our coverage, not a finding about the package. - Known CVEs could not be checked: we found no dependency list to check in this bundle: either it runs a compiled binary, whose bundled manifests we do not read, or none of the package.json, requirements.txt, pyproject.toml or uv.lock files it ships for its runtime declares a dependency we can read (a requirements.txt that only points at a setup.py project, a local path, or a nested requirements file we cannot follow counts as none). - Declares code that runs automatically (postinstall, postinstall (server/package.json)) and that we could not recognise. It may be perfectly ordinary, but we have not established what it does. - Dependency health could not be checked: we found no dependency list to check in this bundle: either it runs a compiled binary, whose bundled manifests we do not read, or none of the package.json, requirements.txt, pyproject.toml or uv.lock files it ships for its runtime declares a dependency we can read (a requirements.txt that only points at a setup.py project, a local path, or a nested requirements file we cannot follow counts as none). - **Provenance & Transparency**: 48/100 - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. - Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0). - Actively maintained (last published 10 days ago). - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md). - **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 82/100 - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent). - Tool/resource definitions use about 949 tokens (~105/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), lean. - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. - **Stability & Change Management**: 63/100 - Stability observed for 19 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses. - **Tool Coverage**: 100/100 - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name). - 100% of tool parameters carry a description. - **Tool Safety**: 100/100 - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured. - We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation. - An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it. - **Capabilities**: 100/100 - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28. ## Install ### How do I install the Lanternote MCP server? Lanternote ships as an MCPB bundle, a single file you download and open in an MCP host that supports MCPB bundles, such as Claude Desktop. The host reads the launch command from the bundle's own manifest, so there is no command to copy. Before opening it, check the file's SHA-256 matches the one the MCP registry declares for it, 4360d4e5862898a6dcc4db72c1dc6ccc1d39cf7700a18ae84e4ea90c2fe6363b; the commands to do that are on this page. If it does not match, do not open it. - Download bundle: `https://github.com/ericthai-labs/lanternote/releases/download/v1.22.0/lanternote-1.22.0.mcpb` - SHA-256: `4360d4e5862898a6dcc4db72c1dc6ccc1d39cf7700a18ae84e4ea90c2fe6363b` ### Verify on macOS / Linux ```bash echo "4360d4e5862898a6dcc4db72c1dc6ccc1d39cf7700a18ae84e4ea90c2fe6363b lanternote-1.22.0.mcpb" | shasum -a 256 -c ``` ### Verify on Windows (PowerShell) ```powershell (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\lanternote-1.22.0.mcpb).Hash -eq "4360d4e5862898a6dcc4db72c1dc6ccc1d39cf7700a18ae84e4ea90c2fe6363b" ``` ## Changelog Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims. ### 2026-10-16 (score 53, +1) No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes. ### 2026-10-14 (score 52, +1) No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes. ### 2026-10-12 (score 51, +1) No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes. ### 2026-10-10 (score 50, +2) No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes. ### 2026-10-07 (score 48, +1) No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes. ### 2026-10-04 (score 47, +3) - [functional regression] Schema quality: 779 → 949 - [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.20 ### 2026-09-30 (score 44, +2) - [functional improvement] License: fail → pass - [functional] Licence: PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 → Apache-2.0 ### 2026-09-28 (score 42) First indexed and scored. ## MCP tools (9) ### `vault_info` (~43 tokens) Overview of the notes folder: name, number of notes and links, top folders, most used tags, whether writing is allowed. Call this first to learn the folder layout. ### `search` (~56 tokens) Full-text search in every note (all words must appear; accents optional). Returns paths with a snippet. Input parameters: - `limit` (integer): Maximum results (default 20, at most 100). - `query` (string, required): Words to find. ### `find_notes` (~62 tokens) Find notes by name (not content). Words may be in any order; accents optional. Input parameters: - `folder` (string): Only inside this folder. - `limit` (integer): Maximum results (default 30). - `name` (string, required): Part of the note name. ### `read_note` (~100 tokens) Read a note (Markdown, with its front matter). Optionally only the part under one heading. Lines are numbered when with_line_numbers is true (useful before set_task). Input parameters: - `heading` (string): Only this section (heading text). - `note` (string, required): The note: a path from the folder root ("Projects/Alpha.md") or just its name ("Alpha"). - `with_line_numbers` (boolean): Prefix each line with its number. ### `verify_quote` (~170 tokens) Check that a quotation or a stated fact really is in a note before citing it. verdict: "exact" (the words are there, ignoring Markdown marks and spacing), "close" (at least 80% of the words and every number are in the matched lines — check the wording) or "not_supported". Numbers in the quotation that are not in the source are listed; always report them rather than citing. Input parameters: - `line` (integer): 1-based line where the quotation is said to be (optional): only lines around it are checked, and a match elsewhere is reported. - `note` (string, required): The note: a path from the folder root ("Projects/Alpha.md") or just its name ("Alpha"). - `quote` (string, required): The text as it will be quoted or stated. ### `links` (~70 tokens) Links of a note: the notes it links to and the notes that link to it (backlinks). Input parameters: - `limit` (integer): Maximum per list (default 100). - `note` (string, required): The note: a path from the folder root ("Projects/Alpha.md") or just its name ("Alpha"). ### `recent` (~36 tokens) Notes edited most recently. Input parameters: - `folder` (string): Only inside this folder. - `limit` (integer): How many (default 20). ### `query` (~188 tokens) Run a Dataview-language query over all notes and get the result as JSON. TABLE f1, f2 FROM "folder" / #tag / [[link]] WHERE … SORT … GROUP BY … LIMIT n; LIST; TASK (task lines: text, status, completed, due, …); CALENDAR . Fields: front matter, inline key:: value, file.name, file.path, file.mtime, file.tags, file.tasks, … Functions: date(today), dur(7 days), contains, startswith, dateformat, length, … Task line numbers in the result are 1-based, as set_task expects. Input parameters: - `dql` (string, required): The query, e.g. TABLE status, due FROM "Projects" WHERE status != "done" SORT due ASC - `from_note` (string): Note used as "this" in the query (optional). ### `list_tasks` (~143 tokens) Task lines (- [ ] …) across notes, grouped by note. Due dates come from the task line (📅 2026-10-01 or [due:: 2026-10-01]). Line numbers are 1-based, as set_task expects. Input parameters: - `due_within_days` (integer): Only tasks due within this many days (overdue ones included). - `from` (string): A folder ("Projects") or a tag ("#urgent"). - `limit` (integer): Maximum tasks (default 100). - `status` (string): open (default), done or all. - `text` (string): Only tasks whose text contains this. ## Diagnostics Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ericthai-labs-lanternote/lanternote#diagnostics ## Score history - 2026-10-17: 53 - 2026-10-16: 53 - 2026-10-15: 52 - 2026-10-14: 52 - 2026-10-13: 51 - 2026-10-12: 51 - 2026-10-10: 50 - 2026-10-07: 48 - 2026-10-05: 47 - 2026-10-04: 47 - 2026-10-03: 44 - 2026-10-02: 44 - 2026-10-01: 44 - 2026-09-30: 44 - 2026-09-29: 42 - 2026-09-28: 42 ## Common questions ### What is the Lanternote MCP server? Lanternote is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.ericthai-labs/lanternote. Search, read and query large folders of Markdown notes (200,000+). Optional, reversible edits. This page covers its MCPB bundle (https://github.com/ericthai-labs/lanternote/releases/download/v1.22.0/lanternote-1.22.0.mcpb). ### Is the Lanternote MCP server safe to use? Lanternote scores 53 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm. ### What tools does the Lanternote MCP server expose? Lanternote exposes 9 tools: vault_info, search, find_notes, read_note, verify_quote, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 868 tokens of context every time the server is loaded. ### What licence is the Lanternote MCP server under? Lanternote declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls. ## Links - Repository: https://github.com/ericthai-labs/lanternote - Website: https://ericthai-labs.github.io/lanternote/ - Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ericthai-labs-lanternote/lanternote.xml - Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ericthai-labs-lanternote/lanternote.json - HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ericthai-labs-lanternote/lanternote