Sharing notes with an AI agent

Every note stays on your machine and stays private by default. Agent sharing is an opt-in bridge that writes the notes you choose into a folder on disk, so an AI agent running on your computer can read them. You pick exactly which notes are shared, and nothing leaves the browser until you mark it.

Turn sharing on

In Settings, open the Agent sharing section and switch on Share notes with an AI Agent. Use Learn more for a short in-app explanation. While sharing is off, the section confirms that all notes are stored locally and remain private.

Choose which notes to share

Sharing is per tab, so turning the master switch on does not share anything yet. Mark a tab with the lightning-bolt button, either in the Tabs list in Settings or already on. A shared tab shows a filled lightning-bolt badge in the tab strip. The Agent sharing section shows how many notes are currently shared.

Where shared notes go

Shared notes are written to ~/Downloads/notes-tab-shared/. The folder contains:

• One Markdown file per shared note, named <slug>-<id>.md, with a small YAML front-matter block (id, title, updatedAt, source) followed by the note body.
• index.json, the authoritative list of currently-shared notes. An agent should trust it over any stray .md file.
• README.md, which explains the folder to an agent.

Because the browser writes these files as downloads, you will see download activity in Chrome whenever a shared note changes. Notes Tab only rewrites a file when its content actually changes, so a plain refresh does not re-download everything.

Connect your agent

Use Copy AI prompt to copy a ready-made instruction telling your agent where the shared notes live and to re-check the folder for the latest. Paste it into your agent to get started.

What the bridge does and does not do

• The bridge is read-only: edits an agent makes in the shared folder are not synced back into Notes Tab.
• Unsharing a tab, or turning the master switch off, removes those notes from the shared folder. Turning sharing off asks you to confirm, then unmarks every shared tab and empties the folder. Where the browser cannot delete a download, the file is overwritten with a short note saying it is no longer shared.