bear-notes

name	bear-notes
description	Create, search, and manage Bear notes via the grizzly CLI. Supports tags, x-callback-url, and JSON output.
requires_bridge	bear-notes

Bear Notes

Use the bear-notes bridge to manage Bear notes via grizzly on the host.

When to Use

• User asks to create, read, or search Bear notes
• Managing Bear tags
• Appending content to existing notes

When NOT to Use

• Apple Notes -> use apple-notes bridge
• Obsidian -> use obsidian bridge
• General text files -> use filesystem tools

Commands

All commands run via host_execute(bridge="bear-notes", command="...").

Create a Note

echo "Note content" | grizzly create --title "My Note" --tag work
grizzly create --title "Quick Note" --tag inbox < /dev/null

Read a Note

grizzly open-note --id "NOTE_ID" --enable-callback --json

Append to a Note

echo "Additional content" | grizzly add-text --id "NOTE_ID" --mode append

List Tags

grizzly tags --enable-callback --json

Search by Tag

grizzly open-tag --name "work" --enable-callback --json

Common Flags

• --enable-callback - Wait for Bear's response (needed for reading data)
• --json - Output as JSON
• --dry-run - Preview without executing

Setup (on host)

• Install: go install github.com/tylerwince/grizzly/cmd/grizzly@latest
• Bear app must be installed and running
• Get API token: Bear > Help > API Token > Copy Token
• Save token: echo "TOKEN" > ~/.config/grizzly/token
• Uncomment bear-notes bridge in config.yaml, restart gateway