Bear Notes

Productivity

Create, search, and tag notes in Bear app

• Create notes with hierarchical tags
• Full-text search across your library
• Append content without overwriting

What You Can Do

• Create notes - New notes with title, body, and multiple tags (including hierarchical tags like #work/projects)
• Append text - Add content to existing notes without overwriting
• Read and open - View notes by ID or open them directly in Bear app
• Tag management - List all tags, search by tag, hierarchical tag support
• Full-text search - Search notes by content across your entire library
• JSON output - Programmatic access to note data for scripting
• Dry-run mode - Preview changes without executing

Try Asking

• "Create a new Bear note about today's standup with the #work tag"
• "Search my Bear notes for anything about React patterns"
• "List all notes tagged #projects/active"
• "Append my meeting notes to the Q1 Planning note"
• "Show me all my tags"
• "Create a note with tags #recipes and #dinner"

Pro Tips

• Requires Bear app running on macOS
• API token needed for write operations - get from Bear > Help > API Token
• Hierarchical tags use forward slash (#work/meetings/weekly)
• Notes sync via iCloud to Bear on iOS
• Use --dry-run to preview changes before committing

Plans

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