mac-notes-agent

name	mac-notes-agent
description	Integrate with the macOS Notes app (Apple Notes). Supports creating, listing, reading, updating, deleting, and searching notes via a simple Node.js CLI that bridges to AppleScript.
version	1.1.0
author	swancho
license	CC-BY-NC-4.0
repository	https://github.com/swancho/mac-memo-agent
metadata	{"openclaw":{"emoji":"📝"}}

Mac Notes Agent

Overview

This skill lets the agent talk to Apple Notes on macOS using AppleScript (via osascript). It is implemented as a small Node.js CLI:

node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js <command> [options]

Requires macOS with the built-in Notes app and osascript available.

All operations target the default Notes account. Optionally you can specify which folder to use.

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Commands

1) Add a new note

node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js add \
  --title "Meeting notes" \
  --body "First line\nSecond line\nThird line" \
  [--folder "Jarvis"]

• --title (required): Note title
• --body (required): Note body text. Use \n for line breaks.
• --folder (optional): Folder name. If omitted, uses system default folder. If folder doesn't exist, it will be created.

Line breaks (\n) are converted to <br> tags internally for proper rendering in Notes.

Result (JSON):

{
  "status": "ok",
  "id": "Jarvis::2026-02-09T08:40:00::Meeting notes",
  "title": "Meeting notes",
  "folder": "Jarvis"
}

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2) List notes

node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js list [--folder "Jarvis"] [--limit 50]

• Lists notes in the given folder (or all folders if omitted).
• Output is JSON array with title, folder, creationDate, and synthetic id.

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3) Read a note (get)

# By folder + title
node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js get \
  --folder "Jarvis" \
  --title "Meeting notes"

# By synthetic id
node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js get --id "Jarvis::2026-02-09T08:40:00::Meeting notes"

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4) Update a note (replace body)

node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js update \
  --folder "Jarvis" \
  --title "Meeting notes" \
  --body "New content\nReplaces everything"

• Replaces the entire body of the matching note.
• Can also use --id for identification.

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5) Append to a note

node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js append \
  --folder "Jarvis" \
  --title "Meeting notes" \
  --body "\n---\nAdditional notes here"

• Appends new content to the end of the existing note.

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6) Delete a note

node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js delete \
  --folder "Jarvis" \
  --title "Meeting notes"

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7) Search notes

node skills/mac-notes-agent/cli.js search \
  --query "keyword" \
  [--folder "Jarvis"] \
  [--limit 20]

• Searches note titles and bodies for the keyword.

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Identification Model

Apple Notes doesn't expose stable IDs. This CLI uses:

• Primary key: (folderName, title)
• Synthetic ID: folderName::creationDate::title

When multiple notes share the same title, the CLI operates on the most recently created one.

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Environment

• macOS only: Uses AppleScript via osascript
• No npm dependencies: Uses only Node.js built-ins (child_process)