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Local API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Tana!
Hey Product Hunt
We just shipped something we ve wanted to build for a long time: a local API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for Tana.
The short version:
AI tools like Claude Code can now read, reason over, and write back to your actual Tana workspace including structured notes, outlines, prompts, and relationships instead of working on pasted text or one-off prompts.
Why we built this
Most AI workflows today look like this:
Copy something out of your notes
Paste it into a chat or terminal
Lose context
Start over next time
That s not how real work compounds.
Tana is designed as a permanent, structured thinking system. With the new API + MCP, AI tools can finally work inside that system instead of around it.
What this unlocks
A simple example we re excited about:
Capture a voice memo in Tana
Shape it into an outline using the editor
Let Claude Code turn that structured note into a slide deck
Mobile update time!
We just shipped something for mobile that has a BIG impact on capture speed, and I'm super excited to see your new mobile workflows!
🚀 Tana for Students - Student hub template + 50% discount!
If you re a student (or know one), this package is designed to make studying smoother by turning class time into study-ready notes.
How Tana can supercharge your studies:
Record and transcribe lectures in real time
🚀 Launching Tana Publish
Hey Hunters!
We ve just launched Interactive Publish in Tana a new way to share your notes, plans, and ideas as living knowledge, not static docs.
Check it out: https://youtu.be/DOtcu_rpHE8?si=...
Digg is coming back - With Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian
Well I definitely didn't see this coming. Digg is coming back!
https://x.com/digg/status/189724...
Have you tried the new setup?
With the Producthunt launch, we also updated the starter content for new users.
A lot of the tags in the setup are using new Tana features in cool ways: #brainstorm lets you capture ideas and questions from voice on mobile, #daily prep lets you plan your day on the go, #article is built to go from voice->Tana publish in no time.
How do you explain Tana to others?
When speaking to people who have never heard about Tana, how do you explain what it is? I am curious! Personally, I have to vet their current tool use thoroughly before I know how to talk about it.
My favorite Tana "LEGO® block"
Folks often think of Tana as having a "steep learning curve." And I get where that comes from it's flexible and powerful, so there are a lot of different ways to set up workflows. But there's a specific relationship between supertags, fields, and searches that is simple to learn that I consider my fundamental Tana LEGO block.
It works like this. If I want to see how two things relate say, books and authors I first create supertags for both. Then within the #book supertag I create a field called "Author" that draws its options from instances of the #author supertag. And in the #author supertag, I create a search called Books that finds all books by whatever author you're looking at.
What was your ‘Aha!’ moment with Tana?
Tana has a learning curve, but once it clicks, it s a game-changer. What was the moment when you realized just how powerful it is?
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For me, it was the moment that I realized anything in Tana could become... anything! With my background in building atomic design systems and running deep data analysis, I understood the power of maximum fungibility. And then you add AI to the mix...
Everything clicked in that moment, and I understood that while Tana is excellent for note-taking (I see it as the gateway drug), there are no limits to what's possible.
This short video is the result of that early 'Aha!' moment:
