quartz-note-creator

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Create new Quartz notes with proper YAML frontmatter based on natural language descriptions. Use when user wants to create notes, articles, journal entries, or template files in their digital garden.

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[Knowledge Base]

When & Why to Use This Skill

The Quartz Note Creator is a specialized Claude skill designed to streamline the creation and organization of digital garden entries. It automates the generation of Markdown files with structured YAML frontmatter—including SEO-friendly descriptions, ISO timestamps, and tags—ensuring your Quartz-based knowledge base remains consistent, professional, and easy to navigate.

Use Cases

  • Rapidly drafting new research notes or articles with standardized YAML metadata directly from natural language descriptions.
  • Maintaining a consistent digital garden by automating repetitive tasks like ISO timestamp generation, author attribution, and filename slugification.
  • Enhancing note discoverability and SEO through AI-enriched descriptions that provide technical context beyond simple titles.
  • Streamlining the workflow for managing personal 'second brain' content, allowing for quick toggling between draft and published states.
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Quartz Note Creator

Create new notes in content/notes/ with proper Quartz frontmatter.

Usage

Use the scripts/create_note.py script:

python3 scripts/create_note.py "Note Title" [options]

Options:

  • -d, --description: Note description
  • -p, --publish: Set publish: true (default: false)
  • -t, --tags: Space-separated tags
  • -o, --output: Output directory (default: content/notes/)

Examples

Basic unpublished note:

python3 scripts/create_note.py "Machine Learning Basics"

Published note with description and tags:

python3 scripts/create_note.py "Kubernetes Guide" \
  -d "Notes on k8s deployment" \
  --publish \
  -t devops kubernetes cloud

Draft note:

python3 scripts/create_note.py "Weekend Plans" -t personal

Generated Frontmatter

---
title: "Note Title"
description: "Optional description"
author: "Sushant Vema"
date_created: 2026-01-17T11:14:47
date: 2026-01-17T11:14:47
publish: false
tags:
  - "tag1"
  - "tag2"
---

Field Descriptions

Field Value Notes
title User-provided Required
description User-provided or enriched Optional. Can be enhanced with context beyond user's exact words
author "Sushant Vema" Always set
date_created ISO timestamp Auto-generated
date ISO timestamp Auto-generated
publish true/false Default: false
tags List Optional

Description Guidelines

The description field is flexible and can be enriched by the agent:

  • User provides description: Use it as-is or enhance with additional context
  • User doesn't provide description: Create a concise, informative description based on the topic
  • Enrichment encouraged: Add technical context, use cases, or clarifying details that make the note more discoverable

Example enrichments:

  • User: "Create a note about PyO3"
  • Basic: "A way to wrap Rust logic into Python modules"
  • Enriched: "Rust-Python interoperability library for creating native Python extensions in Rust, providing performance benefits and type safety"

Filename Generation

  • Title is slugified (lowercase, dashes instead of spaces)
  • Example: "Machine Learning Basics" → machine-learning-basics.md
  • Placed in content/notes/ by default