ninthspace NotePlan Search
Search across all NotePlan content:
- Notes folder — standalone notes
- Calendar folder — daily/weekly/monthly notes
- Spaces — team/shared notes (SQLite database)
- iCloud — if syncing via iCloud Drive
Results are sorted by most recently modified first.
Note: Folders starting with @ (like @Templates, @Trash, @Archive) are excluded by default. Use --all to include them.
Usage
Run the npq.py script in this skill's scripts/ folder with the provided arguments:
python3 scripts/npq.py $ARGUMENTS --json
Examples:
/noteplan coffee→ Search for "coffee" in all notes/noteplan --list --spaces→ List all Spaces notes/noteplan --get UUID→ Fetch full note by ID/noteplan find me everything about coffee→ Search for "coffee"/noteplan coffee --after 2025-01-01→ Notes about coffee modified after Jan 1/noteplan meeting --after 2025-01-01 --before 2025-01-31→ January meetings
When user provides natural language like "find me everything about X", extract the search term and run the search.
Date Interpretation for Calendar Queries
When the user asks about a specific date (e.g., "what's on my schedule for the 29th"):
- No year specified → assume current year
- No month specified → assume current month
- Day only (e.g., "the 15th") → assume current month and year
Examples:
- "January 29" → January 29 of current year (e.g., 20260129)
- "the 15th" → 15th of current month and year
- "March 3rd" → March 3 of current year
Interpreting Results
Search results — Summarise what was found with titles and snippets. Offer to fetch full content of specific notes.
Get note — Display the note with a clear heading and the URL to open it:
## Note Title
📎 noteplan://x-callback-url/openNote?filename=...
<note content here>
List — Show notes grouped by source with their URLs.
Script Flags
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
"term" |
Search for term in all notes |
--md |
Markdown files only |
--spaces |
Spaces database only |
--list |
List all notes |
--get ID |
Fetch full note by ID/title/path |
--after DATE |
Only notes modified after DATE (YYYY-MM-DD) |
--before DATE |
Only notes modified before DATE (YYYY-MM-DD) |
--all |
Include @folders (@Templates, @Trash, @Archive) |
--json |
JSON output (always use) |
Date Filtering Examples
# Notes modified after a date
python3 scripts/npq.py "coffee" --after 2025-01-01 --json
# Notes modified before a date
python3 scripts/npq.py "meeting" --before 2025-01-15 --json
# Notes within a date range
python3 scripts/npq.py --list --after 2025-01-01 --before 2025-01-31 --json
Natural language triggers: "notes from last week", "what did I write in January", "recent notes about X"
JSON Responses
Search: (sorted by most recent first)
{"query": "...", "count": N, "results": [{"source": "spaces|markdown", "title": "...", "snippet": "...", "note_id": "uuid", "modified_at": "2025-01-21T10:30:00", "noteplan_url": "noteplan://x-callback-url/openNote?noteTitle=..."}]}
Get:
{"found": true, "title": "...", "source": "...", "content": "...", "noteplan_url": "noteplan://x-callback-url/openNote?noteTitle=..."}
List: (sorted by most recent first)
{"spaces": [{"id": "...", "title": "...", "type": "note|folder", "modified_at": "...", "noteplan_url": "..."}], "markdown": [{"path": "...", "filename": "...", "modified_at": "...", "noteplan_url": "..."}]}
The noteplan_url field provides a clickable link to open the note directly in NotePlan:
- Calendar notes (YYYYMMDD):
noteplan://x-callback-url/openNote?noteDate=YYYYMMDD - Regular notes:
noteplan://x-callback-url/openNote?filename=<relative-path> - Spaces notes (no file path):
noteplan://x-callback-url/openNote?noteTitle=<title>
Data Locations Searched (macOS)
Markdown files:
~/Library/Containers/co.noteplan.NotePlan3/.../Notes/— standalone notes~/Library/Containers/co.noteplan.NotePlan3/.../Calendar/— daily/weekly notes~/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~co~noteplan~NotePlan/Documents/— iCloud sync
Spaces database:
~/Library/Containers/co.noteplan.NotePlan3/.../Caches/teamspace.db— team/shared notes