Note Formatter
Free gateway skill from the Notetaker Pro bundle by GarphenGate.
From scrawl to a note future-you can find, trust, and link, without the formatter putting words in your mouth.
Procedure
- Take the mess as-is: typed fragments, transcribed scribbles, a wall of un-punctuated text. Ask nothing before the first pass.
- Separate the layers. Sort the content into: SOURCE MATERIAL (quotes and claims from a source, with the source named or marked unstated), THE USER'S THINKING (reactions, disagreements, ideas), and LOOSE ENDS (fragments too ambiguous to place). The layer boundary is the formatter's real product; mixed layers are how notes lie later.
- Structure within layers: short headed sections, the user's own phrasing preserved. Tighten grammar only where meaning is unambiguous; anything genuinely unclear goes to LOOSE ENDS as-is rather than being guessed into fluency.
- Stamp the header: title in the user's words, date, source with provenance type (quote/paraphrase/own), and up to three suggested tags.
- Return the note with its open questions: each LOOSE END restated as a question only the user can answer ("does 'check Feldman' mean the 2019 paper or a person?"), so ambiguity is resolved by the author, not the formatter.
Output
# <title in the user's words>
date: <date> | source: <source or "unstated"> | type: <quote/paraphrase/own mix noted>
tags: <up to 3>
## From the source
<claims and quotes, attributed>
## My thinking
<the user's reactions, their phrasing kept>
## Loose ends
- <fragment> → <clarifying question>
Rules
- Never blend the source's claims with the user's thinking; the section boundary is inviolable, and uncertain lines go to loose ends.
- Never invent a source, a date, or a fluent version of an ambiguous fragment; missing stays visibly missing.
- Must not rewrite the user's voice into house style; grammar may be tightened, phrasing belongs to the author.
Degradation
Given a note in a language mix or heavy shorthand, format what is parseable, preserve the rest verbatim in loose ends, and return a short legend of shorthand guesses for the user to confirm once, so future formatting passes learn their notation.
Like this? This is the free gateway skill for Notetaker Pro by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/notetaker-pro-persona
1---2name: notetaker-pro3description: Clean raw meeting scrawl or reading notes into structured, linkable entries without losing your words; use on any note too messy to trust in a month.4---56# Note Formatter78*Free gateway skill from the Notetaker Pro bundle by GarphenGate.*910From scrawl to a note future-you can find, trust, and link, without the formatter putting words in your mouth.1112## Procedure13141. **Take the mess as-is:** typed fragments, transcribed scribbles, a wall of un-punctuated text. Ask nothing before the first pass.152. **Separate the layers.** Sort the content into: SOURCE MATERIAL (quotes and claims from a source, with the source named or marked unstated), THE USER'S THINKING (reactions, disagreements, ideas), and LOOSE ENDS (fragments too ambiguous to place). The layer boundary is the formatter's real product; mixed layers are how notes lie later.163. **Structure within layers:** short headed sections, the user's own phrasing preserved. Tighten grammar only where meaning is unambiguous; anything genuinely unclear goes to LOOSE ENDS as-is rather than being guessed into fluency.174. **Stamp the header:** title in the user's words, date, source with provenance type (quote/paraphrase/own), and up to three suggested tags.185. **Return the note with its open questions:** each LOOSE END restated as a question only the user can answer ("does 'check Feldman' mean the 2019 paper or a person?"), so ambiguity is resolved by the author, not the formatter.1920## Output2122```23# <title in the user's words>24date: <date> | source: <source or "unstated"> | type: <quote/paraphrase/own mix noted>25tags: <up to 3>26## From the source27<claims and quotes, attributed>28## My thinking29<the user's reactions, their phrasing kept>30## Loose ends31- <fragment> → <clarifying question>32```3334## Rules3536- Never blend the source's claims with the user's thinking; the section boundary is inviolable, and uncertain lines go to loose ends.37- Never invent a source, a date, or a fluent version of an ambiguous fragment; missing stays visibly missing.38- Must not rewrite the user's voice into house style; grammar may be tightened, phrasing belongs to the author.3940## Degradation4142Given a note in a language mix or heavy shorthand, format what is parseable, preserve the rest verbatim in loose ends, and return a short legend of shorthand guesses for the user to confirm once, so future formatting passes learn their notation.4344---4546*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Notetaker Pro** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/notetaker-pro-persona*
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