# Integrating Bear.app within ChatGPT macOS app? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Request\ **Tags:** features\ **Created:** [May 25, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054 "2025-05-25T10:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![macaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@macaaron](https://community.bear.app/u/macaaron)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/1 "2025-05-25T10:55:02Z")
Hello, The ChatGPT app on macOS allows integration with some applications: [https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10119604-work-with-apps-on-macos](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10119604-work-with-apps-on-macos) It works very well for TextMate and Notion… but it’s Bear that I’m using 🙂 Sometimes I have very long notes, sometimes I collect many articles that I regroup in folders. My needs are to: **From a single note:** - Make summary from variable lengths - Highlight main ideas - Generate a single sentence that teases the note **From many notes:** - Make general summaries - Highlight main ideas - Find answers from questions from those notes (the RAG feature from AI) This integration with ChatGPT app would be very (very) helpful for me, and I believe from other users. I don’t know how it works with OpenAI, but would it be possible for your to implement this connection? > **What is your full list of supported apps?** > > - Apple Notes > > - Notion > > - TextEdit > > - Quip > > - Xcode > > - Script Editor > > - VS Code (including Code, Code Insiders, VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf) > > - Jetbrains (including Android Studio, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, PHPStorm, CLion, Rider, RubyMine, AppCode, GoLand, DataGrip) > > - TextEdit > > - Terminal > > - iTerm > > - Warp > > - Prompt > > Note that _editing_ is only available with IDEs. **Illustration:** ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/4/46169374aec49c0ccf2a1f15b084a765c6502711.png) ---
**Author:** ![crumbletop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@crumbletop](https://community.bear.app/u/crumbletop)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/2 "2025-05-25T11:42:38Z")
Just my opinion, but I do not want any integration of Bear with AI. ---
**Author:** ![bolive](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/bolive/32/3160_2.png) [@bolive](https://community.bear.app/u/bolive)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/3 "2025-05-25T14:51:07Z")
@crumbletop I agree. It has been asked for this or that application to integrate with Bear and if they do 1 people will want more and more to integrate and that just isn’t sustainable. ---
**Author:** ![krssno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/krssno/32/1338_2.png) [@krssno](https://community.bear.app/u/krssno)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/4 "2025-05-25T15:18:30Z")
Actually he asks for the opposite: integration of ai with bear and not vice versa. @macaaron I would send the request to chatgpt ---
**Author:** ![macaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@macaaron](https://community.bear.app/u/macaaron)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/5 "2025-05-25T15:28:40Z")
Indeed, I am asking the Bear team to send the request to OpenAI… and maybe to prepare Bear to be searchable by ChatGPT, as I don’t know the prerequisite. ---
**Author:** ![crumbletop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@crumbletop](https://community.bear.app/u/crumbletop)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/6 "2025-05-25T19:06:04Z")
This is what I do not want. I do not want my data being used by or for any ai. I like Bear, in part, because my data are my data. ---
**Author:** ![macaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@macaaron](https://community.bear.app/u/macaaron)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/7 "2025-05-25T19:29:59Z")
If you read the page referenced in my initial post, you’ll find that “_To set this up, you’ll need to add the desired app and grant the necessary permissions or install any required extensions._” So there is nothing worry. ---
**Author:** ![bearsroar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/bearsroar/32/7106_2.png) [@bearsroar](https://community.bear.app/u/bearsroar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/8 "2025-05-25T22:01:58Z")
Agreed, AI has privacy issues in most situations. ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/9 "2025-05-26T11:56:54Z")
As far as I can see, ChatGPT uses macOS accessibility privileges to access TextViews as other Text-replacing apps such as Grammarly. This means we can’t do much to interface with them, and it’s up to them “understanding” how Bear and Markdown work. We also don’t want to use third-party APIs we don’t have control of in Bear. MacOS accessibility privileges are potentially problematic on a privacy/security level but required for some kinds of apps. It’s up to you, users, to decide what to trust and what not, but disabling the `Enable Work with Apps` option in ChatGPT and not granting the accessibility is enough to be sure your data is not accessed by. ---
**Author:** ![arjunram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@arjunram](https://community.bear.app/u/arjunram)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/10 "2025-06-05T02:43:37Z")
> [@trix180](#): > > MacOS accessibility privileges are potentially problematic on a privacy/security level but required for some kinds of apps. It’s up to you, users, to decide what to trust and what not, but disabling the `Enable Work with Apps` option in ChatGPT and not granting the accessibility is enough to be sure your data is not accessed by. Make sense. Curious the call back url scheme doesnt lend itself to working with the MCP protocol. Do you see yourself providing a Swift API or library that you control to access notes? I am building my own swift app to access through the MCP protocol but because of the call back it wont work. Curious to get your take. ---
**Author:** ![bearsroar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/bearsroar/32/7106_2.png) [@bearsroar](https://community.bear.app/u/bearsroar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/11 "2025-06-05T06:13:05Z")
That makes a lot of sense. ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/12 "2025-06-05T07:10:07Z")
> [@arjunram](#): > > Do you see yourself providing a Swift API or library that you control to access notes? I don’t. Honestly, I perceive openAI (and similar) as a privacy hole I don’t feel comfortable pushing Bear’s users into. However, I know some people have set up [mcp servers](https://github.com/bart6114/my-bear-mcp-server) by accessing Bear’s sqlite db. ---
**Author:** ![arjunram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@arjunram](https://community.bear.app/u/arjunram)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/13 "2025-06-05T15:09:48Z")
Over the years, I have come to respect Bear’s clear lines around what you stand for. So thanks for responding. As a user, the only concern I have is the ability to use my Bear notes data & not be locked in. Apple’s MLX is already opening up on device models so I am hoping over the next couple of weeks we will see more opportunities that are privacy friendly. Hope to keep the conversation going! And thanks for engaging! ---
**Author:** ![macaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@macaaron](https://community.bear.app/u/macaaron)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/14 "2025-06-05T15:28:12Z")
Thank you sharing your concerns, it’s very appreciable. Maybe can you find a suitable cursor, that satisfies all users? For my side, I have thousands notes that are already tidied. However, I know that a search function like: “_what is the definition of the term X proposed by the authors Y and Z_” would help me a lot. I’m not requesting a stupid AI function like what Notion did (very cheap, 20€/month), but to find ways with existing AI tools (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic etc.) so that they query Bear. Maybe something like what we have on the iOS devices for the photo library, to allow none, part or the full photo library? ---
**Author:** ![crumbletop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@crumbletop](https://community.bear.app/u/crumbletop)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/15 "2025-06-06T01:09:55Z")
And as already stated, I say no to this. If you want integration ask the AI folks and open up access to your notes on your own… I do not want Bear to actively support it. I appreciate @trix180 's reply and stance. ---
**Author:** ![macaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@macaaron](https://community.bear.app/u/macaaron)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/integrating-bear-app-within-chatgpt-macos-app/17054/16 "2025-06-06T06:16:37Z")
It’s up to the users to decide what they want.