retrieve-and-analyze-notes

Retrieve and analyze notes from Apple Notes by searching for specific note names or keywords. Use this skill when the user asks to read, retrieve, find, or get a note from Apple Notes, or when they want analysis or feedback on content stored in their notes. Supports fuzzy matching on note names and returns the full note content for review or further processing.

Retrieve and Analyze Notes

Input Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description | Example | | --------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------- | | search_term | Yes | The note name or keyword to search for in Apple Notes | Dale's Principles | | analysis_type | No | Type of analysis requested: feedback, summary, or review | feedback |

Procedure

Use AppleScript to retrieve the note:

tell application "Notes"
    set notesList to notes whose name contains "{{SEARCH_TERM}}"
    if (count of notesList) > 0 then
        set theNote to item 1 of notesList
        return body of theNote
    else
        return "ERROR: No note found"
    end if
end tell

If no result, retry with shorter or alternate keywords from the original query
Provide the requested analysis, feedback, or summary on the retrieved content

Notes

Requires Apple Notes permissions for AppleScript access
Search is case-insensitive and matches partial note names; if multiple notes match, the first result is returned
Note content is returned as plain text; rich text formatting may be simplified

Example

what do you think of the principles in my Apple Notes
retrieve my note called Meeting Notes and summarize it
read my Apple Note about goals and give me feedback
find the note named Projects and review it
get my Principles note and analyze it