# Bear 2.8 Beta: Official CLI, Claude Connector, and MCP Server

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/bear-2-8-beta-official-cli-claude-connector-and-mcp-server/19040>\
**Category:** Announcement\
**Tags:** beta\
**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/bear-2-8-beta-official-cli-claude-connector-and-mcp-server/19040 "2026-04-22T09:12:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![rexikan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/rexikan/32/4117_2.png) [@rexikan](https://community.bear.app/u/rexikan)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 6:34am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/bear-2-8-beta-official-cli-claude-connector-and-mcp-server/19040/43 "2026-04-24T06:34:14Z")

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> [@jplbearnotyes](#):
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> All of these AI-enablement capabilities are nice, but honestly, unless Bear can implement a workspaces-like feature, I just don’t see myself renewing.

As we had several third-party AI integrations popping up, we wanted to quickly offer an official one. But we are also working on a [workspace-like feature](https://community.bear.app/t/focus-on-tag-feature-workspace-like-workflow/18916) that will be next up. If that isn’t enough separation for your needs, we are also actively working on the Panda editor that stores markdown files on disk.

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