Skip to content

find_notes_by_tag

Find notes carrying a tag, hierarchically (a query for project matches project and project/sub). response_format=concise returns {path} per match, without the matched tags and total.

Domain metadata
Scopes read:notes
Access read
Tags read-only, domain:metadata
Profile core, full
Annotation Value
Read-only yes
Destructive no
Idempotent no
Accepts an idempotency key no

Idempotent is the advisory MCP idempotentHint. Destructive is also yes for a tool that asks for confirmation only on some calls.

No human confirmation is required to call this tool.

Parameter Type Required Default Description
vault string — Vault id. May be omitted when only one vault is available. length 1–64; pattern ^[a-z0-9_-]+$
tag string yes — length ≥ 1
folder string — length 1–1024
limit integer 100 range 1–1000
cursor string — —
response_format enum — concise returns only the high-signal fields; detailed (the shipped default) returns the full payload. Errors and safety warnings are never trimmed. When omitted, the server’s tools.defaults.responseFormat applies. One of: "concise", "detailed"
verbosity enum — Legacy alias for response_format: terse = concise, full = detailed. One of: "full", "terse"
Field Type Always present Description
warnings object[] —
warnings[].path string with parent —
warnings[].reason enum with parent One of: "frontmatter_yaml"
warnings[].message string with parent —
warnings_omitted integer range ≥ -9007199254740991
vault string yes —
tag string yes —
total integer range ≥ -9007199254740991
truncated boolean yes —
next_cursor string | null yes —
matches object[] yes —
matches[].path string yes —
matches[].tags string[] —

Other tools in the metadata domain: add_tag, bulk_set_property, find_notes_by_property, get_note_tags, list_properties, list_tags, read_frontmatter, read_metadata_fields, read_property, remove_tag, suggest_tags, update_frontmatter.

Back to the tool catalog.