Skills Guide

Quick Person Note

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Quickly record observations about a person without breaking your flow. Use natural triggers like 'note about' or 'noticed' to extract the name and observation, then append a dated, contextual note to their profile. Helps when you want to jot down a detail mid-conversation or remember something specific about someone.

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ProductivityBeginner
6/2/2026
Claude Code
#note-taking#person-profile#observation#memory#context

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Automated summary

Quickly appends an observation to a person's profile without breaking workflow flow.

Strengths

  • Fast and non-intrusive capture
  • Structured format with date and context
  • Seamless integration with existing memory system
  • Confirms before creating new profiles

Limitations

  • Requires the memory tool to be set up
  • Only supports simple text notes
  • Limited to existing or confirmed persons
When to use it

When you notice something about someone during a conversation and want to retain it for future reference.

When not to use it

For lengthy or structured notes that need richer formatting (tables, lists, etc.).

Security analysis

Caution
Quality score90/100

The skill uses a bash command to check file existence with user-provided name, which could be exploited for path traversal, but no destructive or exfiltration commands are used. The overall risk is moderate and requires user input manipulation.

Findings
  • •Potential path traversal: The `name` parameter is inserted into a bash `ls` command without sanitization, which could allow access to unintended files if malicious input is given.
How this analysis is made

Examples

Quick capture
/note lucy prefers direct communication
With context
/note e mentioned frustration with verbose AI responses today
Natural trigger
I noticed Cal gets energized by debugging sessions

name: note description: Quick observation capture about a person. Use when noticing something about someone, wanting to record a detail, or capturing context from a conversation. Trigger words: note about, noticed, observation about, remember that, jot down.

Quick Person Note

Append an observation to a person's profile without breaking flow.

Process

  1. Parse the input: Extract person name and observation

    • /note lucy plays aggressive chess → name: "lucy", note: "plays aggressive chess"
    • /note about e prefers morning conversations → name: "e", note: "prefers morning conversations"

  2. Check if person exists:

    ls ~/.claude-mind/memory/people/{name}/profile.md

  3. If person doesn't exist: Ask whether to create them first

    • Don't silently create - confirm intent
    • Then use /person {name} flow to create

  4. Format the note:

    
## YYYY-MM-DD: Brief Title

The observation itself. Keep it concise but capture the texture.
Context: what prompted this if relevant.

  5. Append to profile: Use Edit tool to append the formatted note to the end of their profile.md

  6. Confirm: Brief acknowledgment that the note was captured

Guidelines

  • Atomic observations: One insight per note
  • Include context: What prompted noticing this?
  • Use today's date: Format as YYYY-MM-DD
  • Brief titles: 3-5 words summarizing the observation
  • Texture over data: "Plays aggressive sacrificial chess" > "Chess skill: advanced"

Examples

Quick capture:

/note lucy prefers direct communication

→ Appends dated observation to Lucy's profile

With context:

/note e mentioned frustration with verbose AI responses today

→ Captures both the observation and the context

Natural trigger:

"I noticed Cal gets energized by debugging sessions"

→ Prompts to capture as note about Cal

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