Agent skill · software engineering · sundial-org
bear-notes
Create, search, and manage Bear notes via grizzly CLI.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific commands and workflows for managing Bear notes via the grizzly CLI that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires go installed locally. Requires bear account access. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-03-07. 639 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Bear Notes Use grizzly to create, read, and manage notes in Bear on macOS. Requirements Bear app installed and running For some operations (add-text, tags, open-note --selected), a Bear app token (stored in ~/.config/grizzly/token) Getting a Bear Token For operations that require a token (add-text, tags, open-note --selected), you need an authentication token: 1. Open Bear → Help → API Token → Copy Token 2. Save it: echo "YOURTOKEN" > ~/.config/grizzly/token Common Commands Create a note Open/read a note by ID Append text to a note List all tags Search notes (via open-tag) Options Common flags: --dry-run — Preview the URL without executing --print-url — Show the x-callback-url --enable-callback — Wait for Bear's response (needed for reading data) --json — Output as JSON (when using callbacks) --token-file PATH — Path to Bear API token file Configuration Grizzly reads config from (in priority order): 1. CLI flags 2. Environment variables (GRIZZLYTOKENFILE, GRIZZLYCALLBACKURL, GRIZZLYTIMEOUT) 3. .grizzly.toml in current directory 4. ~/.config/grizzly/config.toml Example ~/.config/grizzly/config.toml: Notes Bear must be running for commands to work Note IDs are Bear's internal identifiers (visible in note info or via callbacks) Use --enable-callback when you need to read data back from Bear Some operations require a valid token (add-text, tags, open-note --selected)
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills sundial-org/bear-notes