Retrieve the complete contents of the note by its ID from the database. A note created from a template has a sourceTemplateId; when present, the response includes a resource link to that source template, whose body holds the fill-out instructions and examples. Read the template (or pass includeTemplate: true) before completing the note.

Retrieve backlinks for a note — the notes that link to it. Each result is returned as a resource link (inkdrop://note/<id>) pointing to the referring note. Backlinks are found by searching all note bodies for the note's link URI.

List all notes that contain a given keyword. The result does not include entire note bodies as they are truncated in 200 characters. You have to retrieve the full note content by calling read-note. Here are tips to specify keywords effectively:

Use special qualifiers to narrow down results

You can use special qualifiers to get more accurate results. See the qualifiers and their usage examples:

• book book:Blog: Searches for notes in the 'Blog' notebook. book:"Desktop App": Searches for notes in the 'Desktop App' notebook.

• bookId bookId:kGlLniaV: Searches for notes in the notebook ID 'book:kGlLniaV'.

• tag tag:JavaScript: Searches for all notes having the 'JavaScript' tag. Read more about tags.

• status status:onHold: Searches for all notes with the 'On hold' status. Read more about statuses.

• title title:"JavaScript setTimeout": Searches for the note with the specified title.

• body body:KEYWORD: Searches for a specific word in all notes. Equivalent to a global search.

Combine qualifiers

You can combine the filter qualifiers to refine data even more.

Find notes that contain the word 'Hello' and have the 'Issue' tag.

Hello tag:Issue

Find notes that contain the word 'Typescript,' have the 'Contribution' tag, and the 'Completed' status

Typescript tag:Contribution status:Completed

Search for text with spaces

To find the text that includes spaces, put the text into the double quotation marks ("):

"database associations"

Exclude text from search

To exclude text from the search results or ignore a specific qualifier, put the minus sign (-) before it. You can also combine the exclusions. See the examples:

• -book:Backend "closure functions": Ignores the 'Backend' notebook while searching for the 'closure functions' phrase.

• -tag:JavaScript: Ignores all notes having the 'JavaScript' tag.

• -book:Typescript tag:work "Data types": Ignores the 'Typescript' notebook and the 'work' tag while searching for the 'Data types' phrase.

• -status:dropped title:"Sprint 10.0" debounce: Ignores notes with the 'Dropped' status while searching for the 'debounce' word in the note with the 'Sprint 10.0' title.

• -"Phrase to ignore" "in the rest of a sentence": Ignores the 'Phrase to ignore' part while searching for 'in the rest of a sentence'.

Note that you can't specify excluding modifiers only without including conditions.

WARNING: Make sure to enter a text to search for after the exclusion modifier.

• ✅ Will work -book:Backend "closure functions"

• ⛔️ Won't work -book:Backend. There's no query. Inkdrop doesn't understand what to search for.

List all notes with specified conditions. The result does not include entire note bodies as they are truncated in 200 characters. You have to retrieve the full note content by calling read-note.

Create a new note in the database

Update the existing note in the database. Only the fields you provide will be updated; omitted fields remain unchanged.

Update the body of the existing note by performing an exact string replacement. Use this tool to make partial updates to the note body without replacing the entire content. You must first read the note with read-note to get the current body, then specify the exact substring to replace.

Retrieve a list of all tags

Retrieve a single tag

Create a new tag in the database

Update the existing tag in the database. Only the fields you provide will be updated; omitted fields remain unchanged, so you do not need to read the tag first. Call list-tags or read-tag to find the tag ID.

Retrieve a list of all notebooks

Retrieve a single book

Create a new notebook in the database. To create a nested notebook, pass the parent notebook ID as parentBookId. Call list-notebooks first to find it.

Update the existing notebook in the database. Only the fields you provide will be updated; omitted fields remain unchanged, so you do not need to read the notebook first. Call list-notebooks or read-book to find the notebook ID.

Create a new attachment file in the database from a local image file or from base64 image data. Returns the Markdown to embed the attachment in a note body. Prefer filePath over data: it keeps the image bytes out of the conversation.

Retrieve an attachment file by its ID. Returns the file metadata, and the image itself when it is a PNG, JPEG or GIF. Pass outputPath to write the attachment to disk instead — required to get at SVG, HEIC and HEIF attachments, which cannot be displayed inline.