Integrating Anecnote and Hookmark apps

A Smarter Way to Connect Your Notes!

In a world where ideas are constantly flowing across apps, documents, and devices, the ability to connect information seamlessly is more valuable than ever. If you’re a macOS user who relies on thoughtful note-taking and contextual linking, integrating Hookmark with Anecnote can unlock a powerful workflow.

This post walks through what Hookmark is, why it’s so effective, and how linking it with Anecnote can significantly improve how you capture, organize, and revisit ideas.

What is Hookmark?

Hookmark is a macOS productivity tool designed to create links between items across different applications. Think of it as a universal “copy link” system for your digital workspace. Whether you're working with emails, files, tasks, or notes, Hookmark allows you to generate deep links that point directly to specific items.

Core Purpose

Hookmark’s primary purpose is simple but powerful:

• Create contextual links between pieces of information
• Enable quick navigation between related resources
• Reduce friction when switching between apps

Instead of searching manually for documents or notes, you can jump straight to the exact item you need.

Key Strengths

Hookmark stands out because of several strengths:

• Universal linking: Works across many macOS apps
• Context preservation: Keeps relationships between items intact
• Keyboard-driven workflow: Extremely fast once learned
• Extensibility: Supports custom scripts (important for this integration)

This last point—extensibility—is what makes integrating with Anecnote possible.

Why Link Hookmark with Anecnote?

Anecnote is designed for capturing insights, ideas, and structured notes. On its own, it’s a powerful knowledge repository. But when combined with Hookmark, it becomes something more: a connected thinking system.

The Value of Linking Notes

Linking notes to external sources (articles, emails, tasks, etc.) provides:

• Context: You remember why you wrote a note
• Traceability: You can return to the original source instantly
• Knowledge building: Ideas become part of a network, not isolated entries

With Hookmark, every Anecnote entry can be tied back to where it came from.

Practical Use Cases

Here are a few examples where this integration shines:

• Saving research notes linked to their original web sources
• Connecting meeting notes to calendar events or emails
• Linking ideas to project files or task managers
• Building a personal knowledge graph across apps

Instead of siloed notes, you get a web of connected insights.

macOS First, but iOS Supported

This workflow is primarily designed for macOS users. Hookmark is deeply integrated into macOS, and its scripting capabilities are a big part of what makes this possible.

However, there’s good news:

• The integration also works on iOS, if you have the mobile version of Hookmark
• This is possible because Anecnote supports AppleScript-style callback URLs, which Hookmark can use

So while macOS users will get the richest experience, iOS users aren’t left out. And this all works because although Anecnote was designed for iPhone and iPad it runs perfectly on macOS too (if you are using a silicon device).

How the Integration Works

At a high level, this integration uses:

• Hookmark’s custom scripting feature (paid version required)
• Anecnote’s URL scheme + AppleScript-compatible callbacks (note this requires you to have Anecnote 1.10 or later installed)

You’ll add two scripts inside Hookmark:

1. A “Get Address” script to retrieve the current Anecnote note
2. A “New Item” script to create a new Anecnote note from Hookmark

Important Requirement

Before you begin:

⚠️ You need the paid version of Hookmark to add custom scripts.

This feature is not available in the free version. We may submit this to Hookmark for official inclusion in the future.

Script 1: Get Address

This script allows Hookmark to fetch a link to the currently open Anecnote note.

set callbackURL to "hook://x-callback-url/setCurrentNode%3FrequestID%3D$requestID"
set callbackURLError to "hook://x-callback-url/setCurrentNodeError"

set myURL to "anecnote://getCurrentNote?" & "&x-error=" & callbackURLError & "&x-success=" & callbackURL

set myScript to "open '" & myURL & "'"

do shell script myScript
return callbackURL

Script 2: Create a New Anecnote Item

This script enables you to create a new note in Anecnote directly from Hookmark, automatically linking it to the source.

use scripting additions

set hookCbBase to "hook://x-callback-url/link-to-new"
set callbackURLError to "hook://x-callback-url/link-to-new-error"
set encodedSrc to "$encoded_link"
set encodedTitle to "$encoded_title"
set encodedLink to "$user_link"

set category to "Hooked"

set hookCb to hookCbBase & "%3FurlKey%3Durl%26titleKey%3Dtitle%26src%3D" & encodedSrc & "%26title%3D" & encodedTitle

set anecnoteURL to "anecnote://new?title=" & encodedTitle & "&content=Add%20text&source=" & encodedLink & "&tags=" & "" & "&category=" & category & "&callback=" & hookCb & "&x-error=" & callbackURLError
do shell script "open " & quoted form of anecnoteURL
return hookCbBase

What This Does

• Creates a new note in Anecnote
• Pre-fills:
  • Title
  • Source link
  • Category ("Hooked")
• Sends a callback to Hookmark to establish the link

TIP 1: You can adapt the script to add in a category name (the example code used 'Hookmark'). You can even add a tag(s) as there is a placeholder in the code to handle this too. Also - the default text is set up to be 'Add text' so you could change this too to something that better suits.

TIP 2: If Anecnote is your main note taking app then you can set up the default new note option in Hookmark to use Anecnote!

Why This Integration Is Powerful

Once set up, the experience becomes seamless:

• Press a shortcut in Hookmark
• Instantly create or link an Anecnote entry
• Maintain a two-way connection between note and source

Key Benefits

• Faster capture: No manual copying/pasting links
• Better recall: Notes always tied to their origin
• Reduced friction: Everything connected automatically
• Scalable system: Works across projects, research, and ideas

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