Apex Notes

Obsidian for hierarchical thinkers

Preview of a dark knowledge graph app with connected note nodes

Onboarding

  1. Install on Mac from Terminal. Copy the command below and paste it into Terminal.
  2. Give the skill to your agent.
  3. Start writing Apex Notes. Your agent can start, or you can open the app and start in the graph.

Mac Terminal install

For macOS on Apple Silicon. This command downloads the latest release, verifies it, installs Apex Notes in /Applications, and opens it.

set -euo pipefail
tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
mount="$tmp/mount"
cleanup() {
  hdiutil detach "$mount" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
  rm -rf "$tmp"
}
trap cleanup EXIT

release_json="$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/boriemannetje/apex-notes/releases/latest)"
dmg_url="$(printf '%s' "$release_json" | awk -F '"' '/browser_download_url/ && /macos-arm64\.dmg/ { print $4; exit }')"
test -n "$dmg_url"

curl -fL --retry 3 -o "$tmp/apex-notes.dmg" "$dmg_url"
hdiutil attach -nobrowse -readonly -mountpoint "$mount" "$tmp/apex-notes.dmg"
codesign --verify --deep --strict "$mount/Apex Notes.app"

sudo rm -rf "/Applications/Apex Notes.app"
sudo ditto "$mount/Apex Notes.app" "/Applications/Apex Notes.app"
codesign --verify --deep --strict "/Applications/Apex Notes.app"
open "/Applications/Apex Notes.app"