Apple Notes · Watchflows Docs

At a glance

Does: Create Note, Append to Note, or Search Notes
Emits: noteTitle, noteBody, noteFolder, noteID, created, appended, results, count
Needs: Permission to control Notes, asked for on first run

Set it up

Pick the Operation and the inspector shows only that operation's fields. Every text field takes {{variable}}.

The inspector for an Apple Notes node set to Create Note.

Create writes a new note, making the folder if it is not there yet; blank means Notes. Append adds to the end of an existing note, found by exact name. Search returns the matches as a real array you can walk with {{results.0.title}}.

Configure

Field	Default	What it does
Operation	Create Note	Create Note, Append to Note, or Search Notes.
Title	—	Create: the note's title.
Body	—	Create: its contents.
Folder	Notes	Create: which folder; made if missing.
Note Name	—	Append: the exact name to add to.
Content to Append	—	Append: what to add.
Search Query	—	Search: matched against note names.
Folder	All folders	Search: limit to one folder.
Max Results	5	Search: how many to bring back.

Output

Every key is available downstream as {{key}}.

Key	Type	Value
`noteTitle`	String	Title of the note created or appended to
`noteBody`	String	Create: the body written
`noteFolder`	String	Create: the folder it went into
`noteID`	String	Create: Apple Notes identifier
`created`	Boolean	True after a Create Note
`appended`	Boolean	True after an Append to Note
`results`	Array	Search: one object per match — `title`, `snippet`, `folder`, `id`
`count`	Number	Search: how many matched

Example: file the day's AI summary

Schedule fires at 6pm. List Calendar Events reads today, an AI node writes the summary, and Apple Notes files it under a Daily folder.

Four nodes ending in an Apple Notes create step.

Paste this into the Flow Builder to get the same flow:

Every weekday at 6pm, summarise today's calendar with AI and save it as a note in a folder called Daily.

Good to know

Notes is driven through AppleScript. The first run raises a macOS prompt asking to control Notes. Dismiss it and you turn Watchflows on again under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Automation.

Append needs an exact name. A near miss is an error, not a new note — pair it with a Create step for the first run.

Search matches names, not bodies. Each result carries a 200-character snippet, usually enough to feed an AI node without opening anything.