Knowledge workspace
MinuNotes
Hosted Markdown notes and visual canvases for users and agents.
Overview
MinuNotes is a hosted, Markdown-first workspace for building a personal knowledge base or second brain accessible from anywhere. Notes remain simple and portable, while visual canvases provide space to explore relationships and map ideas.
MinuNotes is distinguished by its approach to AI access. Instead of giving an agent unrestricted access to an entire knowledge base, it provides focused tools for searching, reading, creating, and editing only the folders and content authorized by the user.
Why it exists
MinuNotes grew from a desire for the simplicity of an Obsidian-style Markdown workflow without dependence on a particular computer or local vault. Hosting solved the availability problem, but introduced an important question: how can AI agents assist with personal knowledge without being allowed to see or change everything?
MinuNotes applies the same principle that makes modern coding agents effective—small, explicit tools with clearly defined boundaries. Users retain control over what each agent can access and which actions it may perform.
How it works
Users organize projects and areas into folders, write Markdown notes, and create visual canvases. Tags, wikilinks, backlinks, and search connect information as the knowledge base grows.
Agent access is provided through dedicated API keys or OAuth connections. Permissions can be limited to specific folders and actions, after which agents can work through the harness API, MCP, or OpenAPI integrations.
Private folder trees remain undiscoverable to integrations, individual notes can be protected from API edits, and content hashes prevent agents from overwriting newer changes. This enables useful delegation while keeping the user in control.
Core capabilities
- Write portable Markdown notes and create visual canvases
- Organize knowledge with folders, tags, wikilinks, backlinks, and search
- Share notes and manage attachments, Trash, and recovery
- Give each agent least-privilege access through dedicated credentials
- Connect agents through hosted or local MCP, OAuth, OpenAPI, or the harness API
- Protect private content and restrict API editing at the note level
- Apply focused, concurrency-safe edits without overwriting newer work
Current status
MinuNotes is available today as a production-hosted application. Its core note-taking, canvas, organization, sharing, recovery, access-control, and agent-integration capabilities are operational.
Development continues to improve the overall experience—particularly how advanced features are introduced to people who want the benefits of AI assistance without turning their knowledge base into an unrestricted chatbot. The hosted application is currently the supported way to use MinuNotes.