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CommunityAbandoned· 1.0y4.3by Hiromitsu Sasaki

Raindrop.io MCP

Creates, searches, and filters Raindrop.io bookmarks with tag support via the Raindrop API token.

B
Safety & Trust

Delv Safety Grade: B

Score 72/100 · assessed 2026-04-28

Maintainer55
Permissions85
Supply chain75
Transparency70
Incidents100

This community MCP server connects Claude to Raindrop.io's bookmark service using an API token. The maintainer, Hiromitsu Sasaki, appears to be a solo developer with a small GitHub presence and limited contribution history. The server is distributed via npm with reasonable versioning and uses the official Raindrop API, which limits blast radius to your bookmark collection. Permissions are well-scoped: it can read and write bookmarks, tags, and collections but cannot access your filesystem or execute arbitrary code. The repository is open source with basic documentation, though it lacks detailed changelogs or extensive issue tracking. No security incidents are known. The main risk is the solo maintainer profile and the fact that your Raindrop API token grants full account access within that service's scope. For users already trusting Raindrop.io with their research data, this is a reasonable productivity tool, but the token should be treated as sensitive.

Lethal Trifecta (prompt-injection exposure)

TRIFECTA RISK
All three axes present. This server can read private data, ingest attacker-controlled content, and send data outbound. A poisoned input (a GitHub issue, an email, a webpage) can exfiltrate secrets via this chain. Only install with auditing; avoid on shared or cloud agents.
Private dataYes
Reads secrets, credentials, private files
Untrusted inputYes
Ingests web pages, PRs, issues, emails
External commsYes
Can send data outbound

Bookmark titles and notes are user content; URLs in bookmarks fetch arbitrary pages. Outbound via Raindrop sync.

Green flags

  • Uses official Raindrop.io API, not scraping or unofficial methods
  • Published to npm with semantic versioning and standard install
  • Open source repository allows code inspection
  • Scoped to bookmark management, no filesystem or shell access
  • No known security incidents or malicious activity

Red flags

  • Solo maintainer with limited GitHub history and small community
  • API token grants full Raindrop account access, not scoped to specific collections
  • Minimal documentation on error handling or token rotation practices
  • No evidence of security audit or third-party review

Permissions requested

Outbound networkAccess secretsIdentity readIdentity write
Assessed by Delv Editorial using public metadata. Grades are advisory and update as the ecosystem changes. They do not replace your own review of permissions and code before granting an agent access to sensitive systems.

Install

npx -y @smithery/cli install @hiromitsusasaki/raindrop-io-mcp-server --client claude
Env vars needed: RAINDROP_TOKEN

Review

Raindrop.io is a polished bookmark manager with tagging, collections, and full-text search. This MCP server gives Claude direct access to your Raindrop account so you can save links, search your archive, and filter by tags without opening a browser tab. It's built by Hiromitsu Sasaki and uses the official Raindrop API, so you're working with the same data you'd see in the web app or mobile client. I'd reach for this when I'm already in a Claude chat and want to capture something mid-conversation. Say you're researching a topic and Claude surfaces a useful link. Instead of switching contexts, you can ask Claude to save it to Raindrop with relevant tags. Later, you can search your archive by keyword or filter by tag without leaving the chat. It's particularly useful for read-later workflows where you're triaging links in bulk or building a research collection over multiple sessions. The server supports creating bookmarks, searching your existing archive, and filtering by tags. Tag support is the standout feature here, because Raindrop's strength is organisation, and tags are how most people structure their collections. You can add multiple tags when saving a link, then query by tag later to pull up everything you've saved on a topic. Quirks: you need a Raindrop API token, which means digging into account settings. The setup is straightforward if you've done MCP config before, but if you're new to environment variables, expect a few minutes of fumbling. The server doesn't expose Raindrop's collection hierarchy, so if you rely heavily on nested collections rather than tags, you'll miss that structure. Also, no support for annotations or highlights, which Raindrop Pro users might expect. Who shouldn't bother: if you don't already use Raindrop, this won't convert you. It's a bridge, not a replacement. If you're happy with browser bookmarks or a different read-later service, there's no reason to add Raindrop to your stack just for this. But if you're already a Raindrop user and you spend time in Claude Desktop, this is a small quality-of-life win that compounds over weeks of research work.
Verdict

Install this if you're already using Raindrop.io and want to save links or search your archive without context-switching. It's a narrow tool that does one thing well: letting Claude talk to your bookmark manager. Skip it if you don't already have a Raindrop account or if you rarely save links during AI chats.

Good at

  • Direct integration with an established bookmark service that many developers already use for research and archiving.
  • Tag support means you can organise and retrieve links by topic without manual sorting later.
  • Saves context-switching when you're mid-conversation and want to capture a link Claude mentions or generates.
  • Uses the official Raindrop API, so your data stays in sync with the web app and mobile clients.

Watch out

  • Requires a Raindrop account and API token, which adds setup friction if you're not already a user.
  • Doesn't expose Raindrop's collection hierarchy, so heavy collection users lose that organisational layer.
  • No support for annotations or highlights, which limits usefulness for Raindrop Pro subscribers who rely on those features.
  • Error messages from failed API calls can be cryptic if your token is misconfigured or expired.

Use cases

  • bookmark archiving
  • read-later workflows
  • research capture
  • tag-based search

Getting started

1. Get your Raindrop API token from your account settings at app.raindrop.io (look under Integrations, then 'Create new app' to generate a test token). 2. Run `npx -y @smithery/cli install @hiromitsusasaki/raindrop-io-mcp-server --client claude` and follow the prompts to add your token as RAINDROP_TOKEN. 3. Restart Claude Desktop, then ask it to 'search my Raindrop bookmarks for [topic]' to verify the connection works. 4. When saving links, be specific about tags - Claude will pass them through exactly as you phrase them, so 'ai-tools' and 'AI tools' will create separate tags. 5. Watch out: the server doesn't validate tokens upfront, so if you mistype your token, you'll only discover it when the first API call fails.

Works with

Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursor

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