---
name: Minutes Note
slug: minutes-note
category: Automation
description: Minutes Note adds a timestamped note to the active recording or annotates an existing meeting file. Use it to capture important thoughts during or after a meeting so they are weighted in summaries.
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language: Rust
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install: "npx degit https://github.com/silverstein/minutes/tree/main/.opencode/skills/minutes-note ~/.claude/skills/minutes-note"
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---

# Minutes Note

Minutes Note adds a timestamped note to the active recording or annotates an existing meeting file. Use it to capture important thoughts during or after a meeting so they are weighted in summaries.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/silverstein/minutes/tree/main/.opencode/skills/minutes-note ~/.claude/skills/minutes-note
```

## README

# /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"'`.