list_notes

Notes · macOS

Effect: read (strongest supported action). Status: gated.

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macOS

Purpose

Lists notes from Apple Notes app. Optionally filter by folder. Paginated: `limit` is capped at 500 per call, so page with `offset` (offset=500 returns notes 501-1000) instead of asking for a bigger limit. The response carries `total` (how many notes match in all) and `has_more` (whether anything is left past this page), so you never have to guess whether you got everything — page until `has_more` is false, which is exact even when `total_is_estimated` says the count is only a lower bound. To read a WHOLE library, pass order="id" — see the order parameter.

Required inputs

No required inputs are declared in this platform's schema. Optional selectors and runtime requirements may still apply.

Permissions and confirmation

No explicit confirmation parameter is exposed in this snapshot. This does not grant permission to act: obtain user authorization before any real action.

Use only the apps, accounts and resources authorized by the user on this platform. Consult this tool's platform-specific description for its connection and permission requirements; this catalog does not assert additional OAuth scopes or OS entitlements.

Full input schema — macOS

{
  "properties": {
    "folder": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": "50",
      "description": "Notes per page (default 50, capped at 500). To get more, page with offset.",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "offset": {
      "default": "0",
      "description": "How many notes to skip (default 0). offset=500 with limit=500 returns notes 501-1000. An offset past the end returns an empty page with has_more=false, not an error.",
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "order": {
      "default": "modified",
      "description": "order: \"modified\" (default) sorts newest-modified first — what you want to SHOW someone, but NOT safe for paging: modification date changes, so a note edited between two calls jumps to the front and another note is pushed past your cursor and never returned. \"id\" sorts by the note's immutable store id — stable, never renumbered, new notes append at the end — so use order=\"id\" to walk an entire library page by page: edits and insertions mid-crawl are safe with it. One case it cannot cover, because pages are addressed by offset: if a note is DELETED mid-crawl, every note after the hole shifts one slot back and the note that was on the page boundary is skipped, silently. If completeness matters, re-run the crawl and reconcile against total, or crawl while nothing is deleting notes.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "type": "object"
}

Documentation example

Do not execute this example. These concrete inputs refer to a fictional demonstration dataset. Resolve real handles and obtain user authorization before any real call.

{
  "limit": 5
}