Pinboard FAQs

Question 1

What is Pinboard (MCP) and how does it work?

Accepted Answer

Pinboard (MCP) is a Minimal Context Provider server that integrates your Pinboard.in bookmarks directly into Claude Desktop. It allows you to manage your bookmarks using simple, natural language commands within your Claude chat.

Question 2

What are the key benefits of using this tool with Claude?

Accepted Answer

It provides direct, natural language access to your Pinboard.in collection within Claude, significantly streamlining your research and information management workflow. Its minimal server design also helps keep Claude's context usage low.

Question 3

Is the tool easy to set up?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Pinboard (MCP) is Dockerized for easy setup and deployment. You clone the repo, build the Docker image, get your Pinboard API token, and add a simple JSON configuration to your Claude Desktop MCP settings.

Question 4

Can I filter bookmarks by specific criteria?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can retrieve bookmarks by specifying a date range, filtering by one or more tags, and setting a limit on the number of results. Claude can then help you interpret or analyze these filtered lists.

Question 5

What kind of bookmark operations can I perform?

Accepted Answer

You can retrieve bookmarks by date range, tags, and quantity limits; add new bookmarks with a URL, title, description, and tags; and update existing bookmarks by modifying their title, description, tags, or privacy status.

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