# PrivateNote developer documentation

Local encryption and short-lived sharing links for text and files. These pages cover the MCP server, CLI, editor extension, and Chrome extension.

- [Introduction](https://docs.privatenote.ai/introduction.md): Developer docs for sharing a secret without putting it in the conversation.
- [Create your first note](https://docs.privatenote.ai/quickstart.md): Go from a harmless test message to an encrypted, read-once link.
- [Security model](https://docs.privatenote.ai/security.md): What stays local, what reaches the server, and what a sharing link grants.
- [PrivateNote MCP server](https://docs.privatenote.ai/mcp/overview.md): The agent orchestrates. The local process handles the secret.
- [Install and configure MCP](https://docs.privatenote.ai/mcp/setup.md): Connect a local MCP client to PrivateNote in a few steps.
- [MCP tool reference](https://docs.privatenote.ai/mcp/tools.md): Arguments, approval behavior, authentication, and sent-note tools.
- [Editor and browser extensions](https://docs.privatenote.ai/extensions.md): Create an encrypted link from your editor or from the page you are on.
- [VS Code & Cursor extension](https://docs.privatenote.ai/extensions/vscode.md): Turn an editor selection into an encrypted link without involving an AI agent.
- [Chrome extension](https://docs.privatenote.ai/extensions/chrome.md): Create an encrypted note without leaving the page you are on.
- [Command-line interface](https://docs.privatenote.ai/cli.md): Create encrypted links from files, stdin, and scripts.
- [Accounts & access settings](https://docs.privatenote.ai/accounts.md): Understand app sessions, expiry, read limits, and account-dependent features.
- [Test the four tools](https://docs.privatenote.ai/testing.md): An acceptance checklist for CLI, MCP, the editor extension, and Chrome.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.privatenote.ai/troubleshooting.md): Resolve connection, file access, sign-in, and recipient reveal issues.