note-taking
How to work in a Plain Notes project (the plain-notes starter pack): a flat notes/ folder plus a daily/ journal. The 'I just want to write' layout. Read when the project has these folders, OR when asked to jot a note, capture a quick thought, or write today's journal entry. Carries the linking habit and daily-entry behavior so templates and folder descriptions stay minimal. Complements the platform open-knowledge skill; does not replace it.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge-skills --skill note-taking- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads note-taking automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Plain Notes pack — how to work here
The lightest pack: no posture imposed, just write and link.
This skill is pack guidance. The platform
/open-knowledgeskill (read/write/preview/linking/grounding rules) still governs every markdown operation — this layers the notes habit on top.
Folders
notes/— one file per topic, flat. Promote a note into a more structured layout later if you outgrow this.daily/— one journal entry per day (YYYY-MM-DD.md): morning intentions, capture through the day, evening reflection.
Agent behaviors
- Link liberally. The value of this pack is the graph that emerges from links — when a note or entry mentions something worth its own page, link it (stub the page if it doesn't exist yet). OK's link graph builds itself from those edges.
- Daily entries: on the first entry of a day, link to yesterday's entry (its own dated file, e.g.
2026-07-08.md) and pre-fill the date, so the linear journal is also a navigable graph. - The
mood,top3, andgratitudefrontmatter fields on daily entries let you look back across days; fill them when journaling.
Templates
note and daily carry only structure; write freely.
FAQ
What does the note-taking skill do?
How to work in a Plain Notes project (the plain-notes starter pack): a flat notes/ folder plus a daily/ journal. The 'I just want to write' layout. Read when the project has these folders, OR when asked to jot a note, capture a quick thought, or write today's journal entry. Carries the linking habit and daily-entry behavior so templates and folder descriptions stay minimal. Complements the platform open-knowledge skill; does not replace it.
How do I install note-taking?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge-skills --skill note-taking in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/note-taking/ (personal) or .claude/skills/note-taking/ (project).
Which AI agents can use note-taking?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is note-taking safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains note-taking?
It is published by inkeep in inkeep/open-knowledge-skills. It has 165 recorded installs.
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