research-management

Research Management Skill

Manage research and notes in Evernote using the Capture-Organize-Retrieve pattern.

Phase 1: CAPTURE (Save Information)

Create a Note

mcp__evernote__evernote_create_note({
  title: "Research: [Topic] - YYYY-MM-DD",
  content: "## Summary\n\nKey findings here.\n\n## Details\n\n...",
  notebookGuid: "<notebook-guid>",  // optional
  tags: ["research", "topic", "2025-01"]
})

Content Formatting

Evernote accepts Markdown which is converted to ENML:

# Heading 1
## Heading 2

**Bold** and *italic* text

- Bullet list
- Another item

1. Numbered list
2. Second item

> Blockquote

`inline code`

    code block

[Link text](https://example.com)

Save Web Research

When saving research from web sources:

mcp__evernote__evernote_create_note({
  title: "[Article Title] - Web Clip",
  content: `## Source
[Original URL](https://example.com/article)

## Summary
Key points from the article...

## Quotes
> Important quote from the source

## My Notes
Personal observations and thoughts...`,
  tags: ["web-clip", "topic", "source-site"]
})

Phase 2: ORGANIZE (Structure Knowledge)

List Notebooks

mcp__evernote__evernote_list_notebooks({})

Returns all notebooks with:

• GUID (for API operations)
• Name
• Stack (folder grouping)
• Note count

Create Notebook

mcp__evernote__evernote_create_notebook({
  name: "Project Alpha Research",
  stack: "Projects"  // optional folder grouping
})

List Tags

mcp__evernote__evernote_list_tags({})

Update Note

Move notes between notebooks or update tags:

mcp__evernote__evernote_update_note({
  guid: "<note-guid>",
  title: "Updated Title",
  content: "Updated content...",
  notebookGuid: "<new-notebook-guid>",
  tags: ["updated", "tags"]
})

Phase 3: RETRIEVE (Find Information)

Basic Search

mcp__evernote__evernote_search_notes({
  query: "meeting notes project alpha",
  maxResults: 20,
  includeContent: true
})