# Minutes Note

Add a note to the current recording or annotate a past meeting.

- Repository: https://github.com/silverstein/minutes (1583 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add silverstein/minutes --skill minutes-note -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add silverstein/minutes --skill minutes-note -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add silverstein/minutes --skill minutes-note -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add silverstein/minutes --skill minutes-note -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add silverstein/minutes`

## Description

Add a note to the current recording or annotate a past meeting. Use whenever the user says "note that", "remember this", "mark this as important", "add a note about", "annotate the meeting", or wants to capture a thought during or after a recording. Plain text input, no markdown needed.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# /minutes-note

Add a timestamped note during a recording, or annotate a past meeting.

## During a recording

```bash
# Add a note to the active recording (auto-timestamped)
minutes note "Alex wants monthly billing not annual billing"
minutes note "Case agreed, compromise at monthly billing for experiment"
```

Each note gets a timestamp matching the recording position (e.g., `[4:23]`). Notes feed into the LLM summarizer as high-priority context, the AI knows what you thought was important and weights those parts of the transcript more heavily in the summary.

## After a meeting

```bash
# Annotate an existing meeting file
minutes note "Follow-up: Alex confirmed via email on Mar 18" --meeting ~/meetings/2026-03-17-pricing-call.md
```

Appends to the `## Notes` section of the meeting file with a date stamp.

## Tips

- Notes are plain text, just type what you're thinking, no formatting needed
- Short notes work best: "pricing pushback" > "Alex expressed concerns about the current pricing structure and suggested..."
- Notes are searchable via `minutes search`

## Gotchas

- **Must have an active recording for live notes**, `minutes note "..."` without `--meeting` requires a recording in progress. Check with `minutes status` first. If no recording is active, use `--meeting <path>` to annotate an existing file.
- **`--meeting` requires the full path**, Use the exact path from `minutes list` or `minutes search`, e.g., `--meeting ~/meetings/2026-03-17-pricing-call.md`. Tab completion works.
- **Notes don't support markdown**, The note content is plain text. Markdown formatting like `**bold**` or `- lists` will be stored literally, not rendered.
- **Quotes in notes need escaping**, If your note contains quotes, wrap the whole thing in single quotes or escape them: `minutes note 'Alex said "no way"'`.