A comprehensive automation utility for programmatically extracting, monitoring, and exporting Apple Notes content into structured formats.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install apple-notes-extractor
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install apple-notes-extractor using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Apple Notes Skill?
The Apple Notes Skill provides a high-performance bridge between the native macOS ecosystem and modern developer workflows. It enables users to unlock their data from the proprietary Apple Notes environment, transforming it into portable formats like Markdown, JSON, and SQLite.
Designed for integration into the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, this tool handles everything from simple text extraction to complex attachment management. It is built with a privacy-first architecture, ensuring that all processing occurs locally on your machine without data ever leaving your environment. Whether you are building an AI-powered personal assistant or migrating a knowledge base, this skill provides the necessary technical infrastructure.
Apple Notes Skill Use Cases
- Migrating personal knowledge bases from Apple Notes to professional tools like Obsidian or Logseq.
- Building automated AI ingestion pipelines that process your latest notes in real-time.
- Archiving note history into a searchable SQLite database for long-term data retention.
- Triggering custom developer workflows based on updates to specific Apple Notes folders.
How Apple Notes Skill Works
- The skill utilizes osascript (AppleScript) to interface securely with the native macOS Notes application database.
- A Python-based coordination layer extracts raw content, including metadata, folder hierarchies, and embedded attachments.
- The processor cleans and transforms the raw data into structured schemas like JSON or human-readable Markdown.
- An optional monitoring daemon watches for changes at defined intervals, enabling incremental updates and real-time synchronization with external tools.
Apple Notes Skill Setup
To integrate this skill into your environment, ensure you are running macOS with Python 3.8 or higher. Follow these steps to initialize the Openclaw Skills components:
# Navigate to the skill directory and run setup
./scripts/setup.sh
# Alternatively, perform a manual installation
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
chmod +x scripts/*.py
Note: You must grant your terminal or IDE the necessary permissions under System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Automation to allow access to the Notes application.
Apple Notes Skill Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes extracted data into a structured taxonomy to ensure compatibility across Openclaw Skills integrations. The following schema is used for exported notes:
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id |
String | Unique identifier generated from the note's internal URI |
title |
String | The primary header or first line of the note |
body |
String | The core content, formatted as Markdown, HTML, or Plain Text |
folder |
String | The specific folder or directory where the note resides |
metadata |
Object | Contains timestamps (created/modified) and attachment lists |
attachments |
Array | References to local paths of extracted images or files |
Apple Notes Skill Advanced Features
- Real-time monitoring daemon with configurable polling intervals for live sync.
- Direct vault export functionality for seamless Obsidian integration.
- Automated knowledge graph generation to visualize connections between notes.
- Privacy-centric filtering to exclude specific folders or sensitive content from extraction.
- Incremental update engine that only processes new or modified notes to save resources.
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