Apple Notes Debug Bundle

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Development work in your project

Example prompts

• “apple notes debug”
• “/apple-notes-debug-bundle”

Requirements

• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash(osascript:*), Grep

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Obtain incident-owner approval and choose a private, access-controlled destination before collection.
2. 2Collect platform version, job configuration, and redacted error classifications first; include account or folder metadata only when…
3. 3Exclude note titles, bodies, attachment names, TCC database rows, Keychain values, and full home-directory listings.
4. 4Encrypt the bundle in transit, share it only with the incident responders, and delete it at the documented retention deadline.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Bash(osascript:*)
  • Grep

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • osascript

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • developer.apple.com
  • github.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Apple Notes Debug Bundle loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 491 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~30

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 491 words, ~1,987 tokens.

name

apple-notes-debug-bundle

description

Collect Apple Notes automation debug evidence for troubleshooting. Trigger: "apple notes debug".

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Edit, Bash(osascript:*), Grep

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code

version

1.6.0

license

MIT

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

tags

saas, macos, apple-notes, automation

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
BUNDLE="debug-apple-notes-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
mkdir -p "$BUNDLE"

# Environment check
echo "=== Environment ===" > "$BUNDLE/environment.txt"
echo "macOS: $(sw_vers -productVersion 2>/dev/null || echo 'not macOS')" >> "$BUNDLE/environment.txt"
echo "Notes.app running: $(pgrep -x Notes > /dev/null && echo Yes || echo No)" >> "$BUNDLE/environment.txt"
echo "Shell: $SHELL ($TERM)" >> "$BUNDLE/environment.txt"
echo "Timestamp: $(date -u)" >> "$BUNDLE/environment.txt"

# Automation permissions: record only a read-only authorization outcome.
echo "=== Automation Authorization ===" > "$BUNDLE/tcc-status.txt"
osascript -l JavaScript -e 'Application("Notes").name(); "authorized"' \
  >> "$BUNDLE/tcc-status.txt" 2>&1 || echo "authorization check failed" >> "$BUNDLE/tcc-status.txt"

# Scoped authorization outcome via JXA; do not enumerate accounts or folders.
echo "=== Scoped Notes Access ===" > "$BUNDLE/accounts.txt"
osascript -l JavaScript -e '
  const app = Application("Notes");
  app.name();
  "scoped access available";
' >> "$BUNDLE/accounts.txt" 2>&1 || echo "JXA scoped query failed" >> "$BUNDLE/accounts.txt"

# Do not collect folder structure or note counts in a general debug bundle.
echo "Folder enumeration intentionally omitted" > "$BUNDLE/folders.txt"

# Shortcuts integration check
echo "=== Shortcuts ===" > "$BUNDLE/shortcuts.txt"
shortcuts list 2>/dev/null | grep -i note >> "$BUNDLE/shortcuts.txt" || echo "No note-related Shortcuts found" >> "$BUNDLE/shortcuts.txt"

# iCloud sync status
echo "=== iCloud Sync ===" > "$BUNDLE/icloud-sync.txt"
brctl status com.apple.Notes 2>/dev/null >> "$BUNDLE/icloud-sync.txt" || echo "brctl not available or Notes not using iCloud Drive" >> "$BUNDLE/icloud-sync.txt"
ls -la ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.notes/ >> "$BUNDLE/icloud-sync.txt" 2>/dev/null || echo "Notes container not found" >> "$BUNDLE/icloud-sync.txt"

# Recent console errors
echo "=== Recent Errors ===" > "$BUNDLE/console-errors.txt"
log show --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.notes"' --last 30m --style compact 2>/dev/null \
  | tail -50 >> "$BUNDLE/console-errors.txt" || echo "Cannot read system log" >> "$BUNDLE/console-errors.txt"

tar -czf "$BUNDLE.tar.gz" "$BUNDLE" && rm -rf "$BUNDLE"
echo "Bundle: $BUNDLE.tar.gz"

tar -xzf debug-apple-notes-*.tar.gz
cat debug-apple-notes-*/environment.txt     # Confirm macOS version
cat debug-apple-notes-*/tcc-status.txt      # Check automation permissions
cat debug-apple-notes-*/accounts.txt        # Verify note counts per account
cat debug-apple-notes-*/console-errors.txt  # Look for sandbox or sync errors

import { execSync } from "child_process";

function checkAppleNotesHealth(): {
  status: string;
  macosVersion: string;
  notesRunning: boolean;
  accountCount: number;
  tccGranted: boolean;
} {
  const macosVersion = execSync("sw_vers -productVersion").toString().trim();
  const notesRunning = execSync("pgrep -x Notes || true").toString().trim() !== "";
  let accountCount = 0;
  try {
    const raw = execSync(
      'osascript -l JavaScript -e \'Application("Notes").accounts().length\''
    ).toString().trim();
    accountCount = parseInt(raw, 10);
  } catch { /* Notes not accessible */ }
  const tccGranted = accountCount > 0;
  return {
    status: tccGranted && notesRunning ? "healthy" : "degraded",
    macosVersion,
    notesRunning,
    accountCount,
    tccGranted,
  };
}

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/.curated/apple-notes-debug-bundle of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287