Frequently asked.

Yes! You can connect your own provider (OpenAI, OpenRouter, Ollama…). The AI Cloud is just an easier way to try things out.

It depends on your provider. The built-in Znote AI Cloud is online and only meant for trying things out. With your own API key (OpenAI, OpenRouter), queries go directly to that provider. For fully local AI, connect Ollama (LLaMA, Mistral…) on your own machine.

No. Znote offers one-time pricing for both the app and AI packs. No forced recurring payments.

You can see your remaining credits in the app's settings under AI Usage.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard that lets AI use real tools. Declare servers in your vault — GitHub, Postgres, Slack, Linear, your filesystem, hundreds more — and your AI blocks can query, search and create through them with tools=<server>. The config format is the same as Claude Desktop, so any server's README config pastes as-is.

Yes — each server is a local process that Znote starts and stops on your machine, consistent with everything else in the app. Your credentials live in your vault's .znote/mcp.json and are only used by the servers you configure, with your own tokens and scopes. Nothing goes through a Znote cloud.

Most servers run with npx (Node.js) or uvx (Python's uv) — if a runtime is missing, Znote shows the exact install command for your OS. Then start from the 22 ready-to-run examples: each one has the config and prompts to run as-is.