apple-notes-search
Semantic + keyword search and connection-discovery across the user's own Apple Notes via the apple-notes MCP server. Use when the user wants to find, recall, or synthesize something from their notes, or surface non-obvious bridges/related notes. macOS, on-device.
npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill apple-notes-search --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Apple Notes search & connection-discovery `apple-notes` is an MCP server for semantic search and connection-discovery across the user's own Apple Notes — hybrid search, Swanson-ABC bridges, entity threads, and cited synthesis over everything they've written. Embeddings, search, BM25, clustering, and bridges run **on-device**; only **synthesis generation** calls an LLM (local OR cloud, the user's choice). This skill covers (1) the one-time setup you must walk the user through, and (2) which tool to reach for, since the server exposes many. ## When to Use This Skill - Use when the user wants to **find, recall, or look up** something from their own Apple Notes ("search my notes for X", "what did I write about X", "did I ever note Y"). - Use when the user wants to surface **non-obvious connections** across their notes ("find bridges/connections across my notes", "what links X and Y", "show related notes"). - Use when the user wants to **synthesize a position** from their notes ("summarize what I think about X from my notes", "pull together everything I've written on X"). - Also use for "index my Apple Notes", tag/folder queries, and "what's connected to X". - Do **not** use for creat
- When to Use This Skill
- First: is the MCP connected?
- Setup (walk the user through this — it's the skill's real value)
- Tool map — which tool for which job
- Ranking caveats (state these when results look off)
- Limitations
- Credits
git clone https://github.com/connerkward/mcp-apple-notes cd mcp-apple-notes git checkout <reviewed-tag-or-commit> bun install
What does the apple-notes-search skill do?
Semantic + keyword search and connection-discovery across the user's own Apple Notes via the apple-notes MCP server. Use when the user wants to find, recall, or synthesize something from their notes, or surface non-obvious bridges/related notes. macOS, on-device.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill apple-notes-search --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository with 44,414 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.