period
+ count — recent periodic notes (e.g., last 6 weekly notes)
How to use it
period is exposed by the Noteplan MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the period tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Noteplan MCP
claude mcp add noteplan -- npx -y @noteplanco/noteplan-mcpOther tools in Noteplan MCP (14)
notes in a folder
Edit note content: insert, append, deletelines, editline, replacelines. All actions target notes via id, filename, title, date, or query. Calendar notes are auto-created when targeted by date.
macOS Calendar and Reminders via source parameter.
Saved filter operations: list, get, gettasks, listparameters, save, rename.
Folder and space operations: list, find, resolve, create, move, rename, delete, listspaces.
Unified note retrieval: get a single note, list notes, resolve references, fetch today/calendar/periodic notes, date ranges, or folder contents.
Note lifecycle: create, update, delete, move, restore, rename, setproperty, removeproperty.
User preference memory: list, save, update, delete.
Paragraph and task operations: get (line metadata), search (find lines in a note), searchglobal (tasks across all notes), add (task with auto-formatted marker), complete, update.
Plugin management: list, listavailable, create, delete, install, log, source, updatehtml, screenshot.
Search across notes or list tags.
Theme management: list, get, save, setactive.
NotePlan UI control: opennote, opentoday, search, runplugin, openview, togglesidebar, closepluginwindow, listpluginwindows.
or startDate/endDate — daily notes in date range