thymer-capture

Productivity

Capture notes, logs, and journal entries to Thymer. Use when user says "note this", "log this", "capture this", "add to journal", "inbox this", "save this conversation", or wants to save content to their Thymer workspace.

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How to use this skill

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Thymer Capture

Capture content to Thymer using the tm CLI.

Important:

Use just tm (it's in PATH at ~/.local/bin) - do NOT use full paths
The tm serve daemon runs as a systemd service - do NOT try to start it

Three Patterns

1. Quick one-liner (→ Journal)

For brief thoughts and quick captures:

echo "Quick thought to remember" | tm

2. Timestamped lifelog entry (→ Journal with HH:MM prefix)

For activities, meetings, events - adds bold timestamp:

echo "Met with Alice about roadmap" | tm --timestamp

3. Markdown document (→ Inbox as new note)

For longer content with structure. Title extracted from first # heading:

tm << 'EOF'
# Meeting Notes

## Attendees
- Alice, Bob, Charlie

## Discussion
- Discussed feature X
- Decided on approach Y

## Action Items
- [ ] Alice to draft spec
- [ ] Bob to review by Friday
EOF

When to Use Each Pattern

Pattern	Use Case	Destination
One-liner	Brief thoughts, quick captures	Journal (today)
Timestamped	Activities, meetings, events	Journal with HH:MM prefix
Markdown doc	Structured notes, summaries, meeting notes	Inbox collection

Targeting Specific Collections

Override auto-routing with --collection:

echo "Buy groceries" | tm --collection Tasks
echo "Review PR #123" | tm --collection GitHub

Examples

Log a completed activity

echo "Finished code review for authentication PR" | tm --timestamp

Capture a conversation summary

tm << 'EOF'
# Claude Session: MCP Implementation

## Summary
Designed the MCP server architecture for Thymer integration.

## Key Decisions
- Use SSE + callback pattern for bidirectional communication
- One-time UUID-based callback URLs for security
- Convert Thymer's structured format to markdown for responses

## Next Steps
- Ask Thymer team about search API
- Implement server-side pending request handling
EOF

Quick task capture

echo "Follow up with Thymer team about search API" | tm --collection Tasks

Notes

Content is pushed to Thymer via SSE - requires tm serve running
The browser plugin routes content based on format and collection flag
One-liners and short notes (2-5 lines) go to Journal
Markdown with # heading creates new notes in Inbox