name: youdao-note
description: Use when the user wants to interact with YoudaoNote (有道云笔记) — listing, reading, creating, searching notes, clipping web pages, or saving Markdown/mindmap notes via the youdaonote CLI tool.

YoudaoNote CLI

Command-line tool for 有道云笔记. Operate on notes without opening the app — list, read, create, search, clip, and save from the terminal or scripts.

Setup

# Install (no Node.js required)
curl -fsSL https://artifact.lx.netease.com/download/youdaonote-cli/install.sh | bash

# Configure API Key (get from https://mopen.163.com/#/dashboard)
youdaonote config set apiKey YOUR_API_KEY

# Verify
youdaonote list

API Key requires a phone number bound to your YoudaoNote account.

Quick Reference

Save Formats

clip-save JSON (HTML clipping from browser plugins)

{
  "title": "笔记标题",
  "bodyHtml": "<p>正文内容</p>",
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.com",
  "images": []
}

save JSON (Markdown, mindmap, etc.)

{
  "title": "笔记.md",
  "type": "md",
  "content": "# 标题\n\n正文内容"
}

Common Workflows

Search and read in a script:

FILE_ID=$(youdaonote search "关键词" --json | jq -r '.[0].id')
youdaonote read "$FILE_ID"

Save a build report in CI:

cat > note.json << 'EOF'
{ "title": "构建报告.md", "type": "md", "content": "# 构建成功\n\n时间：$(date)" }
EOF
youdaonote save --file note.json

Troubleshooting