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bear-notes

Create, search, and manage Bear notes on macOS via the grizzly CLI.

Updated Feb 16, 2026
Search Tags:#note-taking#cli#macos#notes#grizzly#bear#x-callback-url
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/travis-burmaster/agentbox --skill bear-notes-travis-burmaster
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: bear-notes
Source: https://github.com/travis-burmaster/agentbox/tree/main/agentfork/skills/bear-notes
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/travis-burmaster/agentbox --skill bear-notes-travis-burmaster

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Managing Bear notes from the command line or an AI agent requires dealing with Bear's x-callback-url scheme and API tokens manually. This Skill wraps the grizzly CLI so you can create, read, append to, and search Bear notes without leaving your terminal or agent workflow. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Note Creation: Create new Bear notes with titles and tags by piping content into grizzly. - Read and Append: Open notes by ID with callbacks to read content, and append text to existing notes using a Bear API token. - Tag and Search: List all tags and search notes by tag using Bear's callback URLs with JSON output. - Use Case: While working in a terminal session, quickly capture a thought by piping text into a new Bear note tagged 'inbox', then later retrieve all notes under the 'work' tag as JSON for review. ## Quick Start Create a new Bear note titled 'Meeting Notes' tagged 'work' containing the text from my clipboard using the bear-notes skill.

Frequently Asked Questions about bear-notes

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I create a Bear note from the command line?▼

Pipe content into grizzly create with a title and optional tags, for example: echo "content" | grizzly create --title "My Note" --tag work. The Bear app must be installed and running on macOS for the command to succeed.

How do I get a Bear API token for grizzly?▼

Open Bear, go to Help, then API Token, and copy the token. Save it with: echo "YOUR_TOKEN" > ~/.config/grizzly/token. The token is required for add-text, tags, and open-note --selected operations.

Does grizzly work on Linux or Windows?▼

No, grizzly only works on macOS because it relies on the Bear app's x-callback-url scheme, and Bear is an Apple-platform-only application. The skill metadata explicitly restricts it to darwin.

Why does grizzly return no data when reading a note?▼

Reading data from Bear requires the --enable-callback flag so grizzly waits for Bear's x-callback-url response, plus --json for structured output. Without --enable-callback, the command only fires the URL scheme and returns nothing.

How do I search Bear notes by tag from the terminal?▼

Use grizzly open-tag with the tag name and callback flags: grizzly open-tag --name "work" --enable-callback --json. This returns the notes under that tag as JSON via Bear's callback mechanism.

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