yant — Yet Another Note Tool

A Claude Code-style terminal REPL for taking meeting notes, embedding screenshots, and generating AI summaries.

Install

npm install -g @akaak/yant

Setup

# Set your Anthropic API key (required for AI summaries)
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
# Add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc to persist

macOS only. For screenshots and window switching, grant your terminal Accessibility + Screen Recording permissions: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility / Screen Recording → add Terminal / iTerm2

Usage

yant

Command	Description
/new <name>	Start a new meeting (e.g. /new Q3 Planning)
/screenshot	Capture the previous window (Teams, browser, etc.) and embed in notes
/end	End meeting, generate AI summary, save everything
/resume	Resume the previous meeting
/status	Show active meeting name and file path
/help	List all commands
/quit	Exit (saves current meeting)
Any other text	Appended as a timestamped bullet point in your notes

Screenshot Flow

1. You're in a Teams/Zoom call in your browser
2. Switch to terminal, type /screenshot, press Enter
3. The app briefly brings your browser window to the front, takes a screenshot
4. Returns focus to your terminal automatically
5. Screenshot is saved to screenshots/ and linked in your notes.md

Notes Structure

Notes are saved to ~/meeting-notes/:

~/meeting-notes/
└── 2025-03-09-q3-planning/
    ├── notes.md          ← your notes + AI summary
    └── screenshots/
        └── screenshot-2025-03-09T14-30-00.png