Thymer Capture

Capture content to Thymer using the tm CLI.

Important:

•Use just tm (it's in PATH at ~/.local/bin) - do NOT use full paths
•The tm serve daemon runs as a systemd service - do NOT try to start it

Three Patterns

1. Quick one-liner (→ Journal)

For brief thoughts and quick captures:

bash

echo "Quick thought to remember" | tm

2. Timestamped lifelog entry (→ Journal with HH:MM prefix)

For activities, meetings, events - adds bold timestamp:

bash

echo "Met with Alice about roadmap" | tm --timestamp

3. Markdown document (→ Inbox as new note)

For longer content with structure. Title extracted from first # heading:

bash

tm << 'EOF'
# Meeting Notes

## Attendees
- Alice, Bob, Charlie

## Discussion
- Discussed feature X
- Decided on approach Y

## Action Items
- [ ] Alice to draft spec
- [ ] Bob to review by Friday
EOF

When to Use Each Pattern

Pattern	Use Case	Destination
One-liner	Brief thoughts, quick captures	Journal (today)
Timestamped	Activities, meetings, events	Journal with HH:MM prefix
Markdown doc	Structured notes, summaries, meeting notes	Inbox collection

Targeting Specific Collections

Override auto-routing with --collection:

bash

echo "Buy groceries" | tm --collection Tasks
echo "Review PR #123" | tm --collection GitHub

Examples

Log a completed activity

bash

echo "Finished code review for authentication PR" | tm --timestamp

Capture a conversation summary

bash

tm << 'EOF'
# Claude Session: MCP Implementation

## Summary
Designed the MCP server architecture for Thymer integration.

## Key Decisions
- Use SSE + callback pattern for bidirectional communication
- One-time UUID-based callback URLs for security
- Convert Thymer's structured format to markdown for responses

## Next Steps
- Ask Thymer team about search API
- Implement server-side pending request handling
EOF

Quick task capture

bash

echo "Follow up with Thymer team about search API" | tm --collection Tasks

Notes

•Content is pushed to Thymer via SSE - requires tm serve running
•The browser plugin routes content based on format and collection flag
•One-liners and short notes (2-5 lines) go to Journal
•Markdown with # heading creates new notes in Inbox