Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more)

What this skill does

Captures, structures, and retrieves notes in local markdown, Apple Notes, Bear, Obsidian, Notion, or Evernote. Use when the user says take notes, write this up, capture this, or turn this transcript into a note; for meeting, 1-on-1, decision, journal, project, or research notes; when a note must land in a specific app or vault; when action items need owners and real dates; when a note cannot be found again and titles, tags, folders, or an index are the problem; when quick captures pile up untriaged; when a decision needs a durable record; when a vault shows conflicted copies, duplicates, or links broken by a rename; when notes must move between apps, be exported, or be backed up; and when something is too sensitive to write down at all. Not for journaling practice and prompts (`journal`), meeting facilitation and agendas (`meetings`), Notion API development (`notion-api-integration`), running a to-do list (`task-list`), or growing a linked atomic-note knowledge base (`pkm`).

Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more) is part of the Research & Knowledge category — research and knowledge skills that gather, search, and summarize information. You can install it on its own or alongside other research & knowledge skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more)

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for notes and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more) with a single command:

openclaw skills add notes

This pulls notes from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/notes/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more)

Once installed, Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more) activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Putting audio in front of an audience

Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more) works with audio. Getting from there to something postable is a separate job: ViralMint — an open-source video pipeline — pairs audio with footage or generated visuals, burns synced captions, and exports a finished short.

It runs as an MCP server, so an OpenClaw agent can drive it from the same chat you already use: ask for a short, and the render comes back finished. See how to connect a video pipeline to your agent.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab notes-1.1.5.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/notes/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more)?

Install Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more) in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for notes, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add notes. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/notes/.

Is Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more) free?

Yes. Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more) is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Notes (Local, Apple, Notion, Obsidian & more) do?

Captures, structures, and retrieves notes in local markdown, Apple Notes, Bear, Obsidian, Notion, or Evernote.

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