#apple notes setup

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random halo
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how do I setup the apple notes skill and how does it work? what do I need?

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hasty mantleBOT
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The “Apple Notes” skill is basically a thin wrapper around the memo CLI (macOS-only) which talks to Notes.app via Apple automation. So what you “need” is mostly: a Mac that can run Notes.app + the memo binary.

What you need

  • macOS machine with Notes.app доступible (logged in if you use iCloud Notes)
  • memo installed (that’s the required dependency for the skill)
  • macOS permissions: when it first runs, macOS may prompt you to allow Automation access to Notes

Install memo (recommended):

brew tap antoniorodr/memo
brew install antoniorodr/memo/memo

Then in macOS: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Automation and allow whatever terminal/Gateway process is trying to control Notes.

How it works in OpenClaw

  • The skill is bundled with OpenClaw, but it only becomes eligible when:
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  • OS is darwin, and
  • the required binary (memo) is found
  • Once eligible, the agent will run commands like memo notes ... to list/search/create/edit notes.

You can verify eligibility with:

openclaw skills list --eligible
openclaw skills info apple-notes
openclaw skills check

If your Gateway is NOT on a Mac

From the FAQ, you’ve got 3 supported patterns:

  • A) Run the Gateway on a Mac (simplest)
  • B) Run Gateway on Linux but pair a macOS node and allow “Node Run Commands”
  • C) Advanced: SSH-wrapper the memo binary from Linux → Mac + override the skill OS gating
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(FAQ section: https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq#can-i-run-apple-macos-only-skills-from-linux)

Using it

Once it’s eligible, you can just ask in chat like:

  • “Create an Apple Note titled ‘X’ with: …”
  • “Search my Apple Notes for ‘…’”
  • “List notes in folder ‘…’”

One caveat: some memo actions are interactive (pick a note, open an editor), which may be awkward depending on how your Gateway/tool exec is running.

If you tell me where your Gateway is running (macOS or Linux?) and whether you have a Mac available to run Notes.app, I can point you to the best option (A/B/C) with exact steps.

random halo
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can i use it if im running my openclaw on a hostinger vps? using my iphone notes app

hasty mantleBOT
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Not directly from a Hostinger VPS.

The apple-notes skill works by running the memo CLI on macOS, which automates Notes.app. A VPS (Linux) has no Notes.app, and Apple doesn’t expose a nice public Apple Notes API you can call from Linux.

What you can do (recommended)

Keep your Gateway on the VPS, but add a real Mac as a “remote executor”:

  1. Have any Mac (Mac mini / MacBook at home is fine) signed into the same Apple ID as your iPhone so Notes sync via iCloud
  2. Install the OpenClaw macOS node (menubar app) on that Mac and pair it with your VPS Gateway
  3. On the Mac, install memo:
    brew tap antoniorodr/memo
brew install antoniorodr/memo/memo
  4. On the Mac, allow Automation access when prompted:
    System Settings → Privacy & Security → Automation
  5. In the Mac node settings, set Node Run Commands to Always Ask (or Always Allow)