TriliumNext Notes' MCP Server

# User Query Examples This document provides simple examples of natural language queries you can try with the TriliumNext MCP server. ## Basic Search Queries ### Simple Text Search - "Find notes containing 'docker'" - "Search for 'kubernetes' in my notes" - "Show me notes about 'machine learning'" - "Find notes with 'API' in them" ### Date-Based Searches - "Find notes created in the last 7 days" - "Show me notes I edited last week" - "What notes were modified in December 2024?" - "Find notes created between January and June this year" - "Show me my most recent 10 notes" ### Content and Title Searches - "Find notes with 'project' in the title" - "Search for notes containing 'deadline' in the content" - "Find notes whose title starts with 'Meeting'" - "Show me notes with titles ending in 'Notes'" - "Find notes with 'tutorial' in title and 'steps' in content" - show all my n8n folders please. -> (Note: it will search note with note type of 'book' and title contains n8n) ### Advanced Combined Searches - "Search for 'n8n' notes created since 2024" - "Show me text notes that aren't archived" - "Find recent notes about 'docker' or 'kubernetes'" - "Find notes with phone number/emails in the content" ## Note Navigation ### Folder and Hierarchy Browsing - "Show me what's in my 'Projects' folder" - "List all notes under 'Work' folder" - "Find notes in 'Archive' and its subfolders" - "What are the children of this note?" - "Show me everything I have" ### Finding Specific Notes - "Find my note called 'Weekly Review'" - "Where is my 'Project Planning' note?" - "Find the note named 'Meeting Notes'" ## Note Types and Organization ### By Note Type - "Find all my code notes" - "Find Mermaid diagram notes" - "List all book/folder notes" ### By Labels and Tags - "Find notes with #book label" - "Show me notes tagged as #important" - "Find notes with #project tag" ### By File Types (Code Notes) - "Find JavaScript code files" - "Show me Python notes" - "Find TypeScript code notes" - "List HTML and CSS files" ## Content Management ### Adding Content - "Add today's progress to my work log" - "Append this meeting summary to my notes" - "Add this code snippet to my development notes" ### Updating Content - "Update my project plan with this new version" - "Replace the content of my draft note" - "Rewrite this note with corrected information" ### Note Creation - "Create a new note called 'Weekly Review'" - "Make a new note in my 'Projects' folder" - "Create a code note for JavaScript" ### Getting Note Content - "Show me the content of my 'TODO' note" - "What's in my 'Meeting Notes'?" ### Content Extraction and Pattern Matching - "Extract all URLs from note with ID QNwfEYTxLzVP" - "Find all email addresses in my project note" - "Extract phone numbers from the meeting notes" - "Get all dates mentioned in note ABC123" - "Search for specific patterns in note XYZ789" ### Search and Replace Operations - "Replace all occurrences of 'old company name' with 'new company name' in note ABC123" - "Find and fix typos: change 'occurence' to 'occurrence' across the entire note" - "Update all instances of 'http://' to 'https://' in my configuration note" - "Replace old phone numbers with new format throughout the contact list" - "Change all dates from '2024' to '2025' in the project timeline note" - "Update broken image links from old path to new path" ## Attribute Management ### Viewing Attributes - "Show me all attributes on my project note" - "What labels and relations are attached to this note?" - "List all tags and metadata for the meeting notes" ### Adding Labels and Tags - "Add a #status label with value 'In Progress' to my project note" - "Tag this note as #important" - "Add a #priority label with value 'High' to the task note" - "Create a #project label with value 'Website Redesign' on the current note" ### Working with Templates - "Apply the Board template to this note" - "Set this note to use the Calendar template" - "Make this note use the Text Snippet template" - "Apply the Grid View template to my project folder" ### Managing Relations - "Create an author relation pointing to Tolkien" - "Set up a publisher relation for this book note" - "Add a template relation using Board template" - "Create a series relation connecting related notes" ### Updating Attributes - "Change the status label from 'In Progress' to 'Completed'" - "Update the priority label to 'Urgent'" - "Modify the project label value to 'New Project Name'" - "Change the template relation to use Calendar instead of Board" ### Batch Operations - "Add multiple tags at once: #important, #frontend, #javascript" - "Create several labels for status tracking" - "Set up multiple template relations in one operation" ### Removing Attributes - "Remove the #draft label from this note" - "Delete the old status attribute" - "Remove the template relation" ## Example Questions for Testing ### Simple Tests - "Find notes about 'testing'" - "Show me recent notes" - "What's in my root folder?" ### Intermediate Tests - "Find notes created this month with 'docker' in them" - "Show me code notes about 'python'" ### Advanced Tests - "Find notes that are either books by a specific author OR created this week" - "Show me notes with 'project' in title OR 'deadline' in content" - "Find notes under 'Work' folder that were modified recently" ### Attribute Management Tests - "Add status=In Progress and priority=High labels to my project note" - "Apply the Board template to this folder note" - "Show me all attributes currently on the weekly review note" - "Update the status label from 'Planning' to 'In Progress'" - "Remove the #draft label from all completed notes" - "Create author and publisher relations for this book note" - "Batch add multiple project tags to related notes" ## Tips for Better Results 1. **Be specific**: "Find notes about docker" works better than "find stuff" 2. **Use quotes**: For exact phrases, use quotes like "machine learning" 3. **Specify time ranges**: "last week", "this month", "since 2024" 4. **Combine criteria**: "Find code notes about python created recently" 5. **Use note names**: "Find my 'Project Planning' note" for specific notes 6. **For template relations**: Use built-in template names like "Board", "Calendar", "Text Snippet", "Grid View" 7. **For attribute updates**: Remember that only label values and positions can be updated - other properties require delete + recreate 8. **Batch operations**: Use batch_create for adding multiple attributes at once for better performance