name: Notes Manager description: Tools for searching, reading, and adding to the user's personal notes (Obsidian vault).

Notes Manager Skill

This skill allows the agent to interact with the user's Obsidian notes located at /Users/mthorning/Documents/Notes.

Capabilities

1. Check/Search Notes

When the user asks to "check my notes" or search for something:

• Search: Use grep -r or ripgrep (if available) to search specifically within the /Users/mthorning/Documents/Notes directory.
• Context: Prioritize the Daily/ and Knowledge/ folders unless instructed otherwise.
• Read: Use read_file to retrieve the full content of relevant matches.

2. Add to Notes

When the user asks to "add that to my notes" or "make a not of that":

• Default Location: Unless a specific file is mentioned or it's obvious where the note should be made, append the information to the Current Daily Note.
  • Path format: /Users/mthorning/Documents/Notes/Daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md (e.g., 2025-01-16.md).
  • Create if missing: If today's daily note doesn't exist, create it.
• Format:
  • Append a bullet point (- ) followed by the content.
  • Ensure the content is formatted in Markdown.

3. Add to Tasks

When the user asks to "add that to my tasks":

• Default Location: Unless a specific file is mentioned, append the information to the Current Daily Note.
  • Path format: /Users/mthorning/Documents/Notes/Daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md (e.g., 2025-01-16.md).
  • Create if missing: If today's daily note doesn't exist, create it.
• Format:
  • Append a task item (- [ ] ) followed by the content.
  • Ensure the content is formatted in Markdown.

4. Commit and Push Changes

After making any updates to notes (adding, editing, etc.), always commit and push the changes:

• Run the script: ~/dotfiles/skills/notes/commit-and-push.sh "<description>"
• The description should briefly describe what was added/changed (e.g., "Add project notes", "Add task for code review")
• This script will automatically commit, set the main bookmark, and push to git

Constraints & Rules (from AGENTS.md)

1. Preserve Structure: Do not create new top-level directories.
2. Privacy: Be careful when reading from Personal/ or Work/ if the context implies sharing sensitive info.
3. Formatting: Respect existing Markdown links [[Link]] and tags #tag.

Example Workflows

• User: "Check my notes for 'project alpha'."

  • Action: grep -r "project alpha" /Users/mthorning/Documents/Notes

• User: "Add this conversation to my notes."

  • Action:
    1. specific_file = /Users/mthorning/Documents/Notes/Daily/$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md
    2. Read file to check existing content.
    3. Append the summary/content to that file.