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name: minutes-note
description: Add a note to the current recording or annotate a past meeting. Use whenever the user says "note that", "remember this", "mark this as important", "add a note about", "annotate the meeting", or wants to capture a thought during or after a recording. Plain text input — no markdown needed.
---
# /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"'`.