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apple-skill

Claude Code skill for AppleScript-based control of Apple Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos, and macOS Shortcuts. Reverse-engineered Voice Memos SQLite schema included.

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Set up

Skills are installed by placing their folder where your agent loads skills.

Download ZIP from GitHub Open the repository

The download comes from github.com/D1DX/apple-skill itself, not from our server, so what you get is exactly what its author published.

Install instructions come from the README

Skills do not use an MCP config. Follow the steps in the README below.

README

synced Oct 17, 2026

Apple macOS Skill

Apple skill for AI agents. Covers controlling Notes, Reminders, and Voice Memos via AppleScript and SQLite — no third-party dependencies required. Includes the undocumented Voice Memos SQLite schema (Apple provides no AppleScript or public API for Voice Memos).

What's Included

Topic	What it covers
Apple Notes	List folders, read content, create, delete — full AppleScript reference
Apple Reminders	List lists, list reminders, create, complete, delete — full AppleScript reference
Voice Memos	SQLite database location, `ZCLOUDRECORDING` schema, query patterns
Voice Memos Queries	List all recordings, filter by date range, export to JSON
Core Data Epoch	ZDATE uses 2001-01-01 epoch — always add 978307200 to convert to Unix
Column Name Gotchas	ZENCRYPTEDTITLE holds the title (not encrypted); ZCUSTOMLABEL holds an ISO date string
iCloud Stubs	Detecting placeholder .m4a files (~3–4 KB) that haven't synced locally
Notes Gotchas	HTML body format, plaintext vs body, case-sensitive folder names, "Recently Deleted"
Reminders Gotchas	AppleScript date format, recurrence limitations, completed as boolean

Install

Claude Code

git clone https://github.com/D1DX/apple-skill.git
cp -r apple-skill ~/.claude/skills/apple

Or as a git submodule:

git submodule add https://github.com/D1DX/apple-skill.git path/to/skills/apple

Other AI Agents

Copy SKILL.md into your agent's prompt or knowledge directory. The skill is structured markdown — works with any LLM agent that reads reference files.

Structure

apple-skill/
└── SKILL.md    — Main skill (Notes AppleScript, Reminders AppleScript, Voice Memos SQLite schema)

Note on Voice Memos

Apple's Voice Memos app has no AppleScript dictionary and no public API. The SQLite schema documented in this skill was reverse-engineered from the live database at ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.VoiceMemos.shared/Recordings/CloudRecordings.db. Column names are misleading Core Data artifacts — the skill documents what each column actually contains.

Sources

Apple Notes & Reminders: Verified against macOS AppleScript dictionaries and live usage (April 2026).
Voice Memos SQLite schema: Reverse-engineered from live database inspection on macOS Sequoia (March 2026). Apple does not document this schema — treat as subject to change with OS updates.

Credits

Built by Daniel Rudaev at D1DX.