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ink+ — create Inkdrop notes from Alfred

php alfred open-source contribution source

The itch

The official Inkdrop Alfred workflow could only search notes. Capturing a thought still meant switching to the app, finding the right notebook, making a note — enough friction to lose the thought.

The contribution

Merged PR #4 adds an ink+ command: type ink+ title: contents and the note lands in Inkdrop without ever leaving the keyboard.

Alfred bar showing ink+ command creating a new Inkdrop note

What went in:

  • ink+ <title>:<contents> — new command hitting Inkdrop's local server API to create the note.
  • defaultNotebook and defaultTags workflow environment variables, so captured notes are filed and tagged automatically.
  • Refactor — search.php became inkdrop.php, since the workflow was no longer just search.
  • Failure feedback — a macOS notification when the local server errors out, instead of silently eating the note.

Why it's on this list

Small diff, daily payoff — this is the kind of tooling contribution I enjoy: find the friction in a tool you actually use, remove it upstream so everyone gets the fix.