Session Artifact Indexing

Use this skill when a session creates or references several documents, trackers, plans, templates, source links, or skills that the user may need later.

Primary trigger phrases:

• “I lose track of things”
• “put the links somewhere”
• “make a note”
• “save the documents from this session”
• “where are the files from this?”
• Any multi-step work that creates 3+ durable files and ends with a natural handoff/checkpoint

The goal is not to duplicate all work. The goal is to create one clean index that the user can open later.

Default Destination

For Apple Notes, use the user’s dedicated assistant folder:

⭐ Hermes - Assistant

If the task is explicitly Obsidian-first, use the relevant vault note instead. If the user asks for Apple Notes, use Apple Notes.

What to Include

Create a titled note with grouped links:

1. Main planning / brainstorm docs
2. Working files / trackers
3. Templates
4. Skills created or updated
5. Existing reference files used
6. External public-source links
7. Current priority / next step, if the session established one

Use:

• file:// links for local files
• normal https:// links for web sources
• readable labels, not raw path dumps only

Apple Notes Creation Pattern

For large note bodies, write an AppleScript file first and then run it with osascript.

Do not inline long AppleScript with HTML through a single shell command if the body contains & or &; command safety scanning may interpret ampersands as shell backgrounding. Writing the script file first is cleaner and avoids false positives.

Verification

Always verify the note exists before reporting success:

memo notes -f '⭐ Hermes - Assistant' 2>&1 | grep -i 'NOTE TITLE'

Report back with:

• note title
• folder name
• a concise list of included link groups

Quality Bar

Good index note:

• Has a clear title
• Explains why it exists in one sentence
• Groups links logically
• Uses clickable local and web links
• Does not bury the user in full transcripts
• Gives him one place to resume from

Bad index note:

• Long pasted summary with no links
• Raw unordered file path dump
• No verification
• Stored somewhere unexpected