Evernote Skill

Overview

Claude can manage your Evernote to capture notes, clip web content, organize with notebooks and tags, and search across your knowledge base. A comprehensive note-taking and organization platform.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/evernote/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/evernote ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set EVERNOTE_EMAIL "your-email@example.com"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:

1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you’re comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

• Create and edit notes
• Organize with notebooks and stacks
• Apply tags for organization
• Search notes and attachments
• Clip web pages
• Scan documents
• Add reminders
• Share notes and notebooks
• Create note templates
• Add checkboxes and tables
• Attach files and images
• Access note history

Usage Examples

Example 1: Create Note

User: "Create a note about the project meeting"
Claude: Creates note "Project Meeting" with date, adds template.
        Confirms: "Note created in default notebook"

Example 2: Search Notes

User: "Find my notes about machine learning"
Claude: Searches for "machine learning".
        Reports: "Found 7 notes: ML Fundamentals, Neural Networks tutorial..."

Example 3: Organize Notes

User: "Move all project notes to the Work notebook"
Claude: Finds project-related notes, moves to Work notebook.
        Confirms: "Moved 12 notes to Work notebook"

Example 4: Add Reminder

User: "Set a reminder on my TODO note for tomorrow"
Claude: Finds TODO note, adds reminder for tomorrow.
        Confirms: "Reminder set for tomorrow"

Authentication Flow

1. Claude navigates to evernote.com via Playwright MCP
2. Enters EVERNOTE_EMAIL for authentication
3. Handles 2FA if required (notifies user via iMessage)
4. Maintains session for note operations

Selectors Reference

// Note list
'.note-list'

// Note item
'.note-list-item'

// Editor
'.RichTextEditor'

// Note title
'.note-title-input'

// Notebook selector
'.notebook-select'

// Tags field
'.tag-input'

// Search box
'[aria-label="Search"]'

// New note button
'[aria-label="New Note"]'

// Sidebar
'.navigation-sidebar'

// Notebooks list
'.notebooks-list'

Search Syntax

notebook:Work           // Notes in specific notebook
tag:important           // Notes with specific tag
created:day-7           // Created in last 7 days
updated:month           // Updated this month
intitle:meeting         // Title contains "meeting"
resource:application/pdf // Contains PDF attachments
todo:true               // Contains checkboxes

Error Handling

• Login Failed: Retry 3 times, notify user via iMessage
• Session Expired: Re-authenticate automatically
• Note Not Found: Search with variations, ask user
• Notebook Full: Notify of limits, suggest cleanup
• Sync Failed: Wait and retry
• Attachment Failed: Check file size, retry

Self-Improvement Instructions

When you learn a better way to accomplish a task with Evernote:

1. Document the improvement in your response
2. Suggest updating this skill file with the new approach
3. Include specific organization strategies
4. Note useful search syntax

Notes

• Syncs across all devices
• Web Clipper for saving web content
• Document scanning with OCR
• Note history for recovery
• Templates for common note types
• Internal note links
• Shared notebooks for collaboration
• Tasks integrated with notes