Claude-code-plugins evernote-sdk-patterns

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/plugins/saas-packs/evernote-pack/skills/evernote-sdk-patterns" ~/.claude/skills/jeremylongshore-claude-code-plugins-evernote-sdk-patterns && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: plugins/saas-packs/evernote-pack/skills/evernote-sdk-patterns/SKILL.md

Evernote SDK Patterns

Overview

Production-ready patterns for working with the Evernote SDK, including search with NoteFilter, pagination, attachments, tags, error handling wrappers, and batch operations with rate limit handling.

Prerequisites

Completed

evernote-install-auth

and

evernote-hello-world

Understanding of Evernote data model (Notes, Notebooks, Tags, Resources)
Familiarity with async/await and Promises

Instructions

Pattern 1: Search with NoteFilter

Use

NoteFilter

for query terms and sort order, paired with

NotesMetadataResultSpec

to select returned fields. This avoids fetching full note content when only metadata is needed.

const filter = new Evernote.NoteStore.NoteFilter({
  words: 'tag:important notebook:Work',
  ascending: false,
  order: Evernote.Types.NoteSortOrder.UPDATED
});

const spec = new Evernote.NoteStore.NotesMetadataResultSpec({
  includeTitle: true, includeUpdated: true,
  includeTagGuids: true, includeNotebookGuid: true
});

const result = await noteStore.findNotesMetadata(filter, 0, 100, spec);

Pattern 2: Creating Notes with Attachments

Compute the MD5 hash of the file buffer, create a

Resource

with the binary data and MIME type, embed it in ENML with

<en-media type="..." hash="..."/>

, and attach it to the note.

const hash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(fileBuffer).digest('hex');
const resource = new Evernote.Types.Resource();
resource.data = new Evernote.Types.Data();
resource.data.body = fileBuffer;
resource.mime = 'image/png';

const note = new Evernote.Types.Note();
note.title = 'Note with Attachment';
note.content = wrapInENML(`<en-media type="image/png" hash="${hash}"/>`);
note.resources = [resource];
await noteStore.createNote(note);

Pattern 3: Error Handling Wrapper

Wrap API calls to distinguish

EDAMUserException

(client errors),

EDAMSystemException

(rate limits, maintenance), and

EDAMNotFoundException

(invalid GUIDs). Use

error.rateLimitDuration

for automatic retry delays.

Pattern 4: Batch Operations

Process items sequentially with configurable delay between operations. On rate limit errors, wait for

rateLimitDuration

seconds then retry. Track progress with callbacks.

Pattern 5: Tag and Notebook Management

Implement

getOrCreateTag()

and

getOrCreateNotebook()

for idempotent operations. Use

listTags()

listNotebooks()

to check existence before creating.

For all nine patterns with complete implementations, see Implementation Guide.

Output

Search patterns using
```
NoteFilter
```
and
```
NotesMetadataResultSpec
```
Async generator for paginated note retrieval
Attachment creation with MD5 hash and MIME type
Tag and notebook find-or-create utilities

EvernoteError

wrapper class with

isRateLimit

isNotFound

isInvalidData

Batch processor with rate limit retry and progress tracking

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
`RATE_LIMIT_REACHED`	Too many API calls	Use `rateLimitDuration` , add delays between batch items
`BAD_DATA_FORMAT`	Invalid ENML	Validate with `wrapInENML()` before sending
`DATA_CONFLICT`	Concurrent modification	Refetch note metadata and retry update
`QUOTA_REACHED`	Account storage full	Check remaining quota via `user.accounting`

Resources

Next Steps

See

evernote-core-workflow-a

for note creation and management workflows.

Examples

Bulk tagging: Search for all notes matching a query, then batch-add a tag to each result with 200ms delay between operations and automatic rate limit retry.

Attachment upload: Read a PDF from disk, compute its MD5 hash, create a note with the PDF as an

<en-media>

resource, and verify the upload via

getNote()

with

withResources: true