/create-apple-notes-mockup

name: create-apple-notes-mockup
description: Render pixel-accurate Apple Notes (iPhone, light mode) screenshot mockups from a JSON note spec. Outputs HTML + PNG at the iPhone 16/15 Pro native 1180×2556. Supports paragraphs, images, checklists, dividers, autocorrect underline, smart quotes, and an optional iOS keyboard chrome overlay used by the parent video-ad molecule.

create-apple-notes-mockup

Generate Apple Notes screens that look like real iPhone screenshots — correct status bar, floating toolbar pill, bold title, body text with paragraph spacing, yellow text cursor, autocorrect underline, optional embedded images and checklists, and an optional iOS keyboard.

Purpose

Turn a JSON note spec into a pixel-accurate Apple Notes (iPhone, light mode) screenshot — HTML + PNG at the native 1180×2556 (DPR 2). It is the deterministic, no-LLM renderer that the `create-apple-notes-video-ad` molecule drives frame-by-frame to fake a typing animation, and a standalone tool for one-off "noted to self" beats in ads, social posts, and storyboards. The orchestrating agent owns the copy; this atom owns the fidelity (status bar, smart punctuation, cursor, autocorrect underline, toolbar, keyboard chrome).

When to use

• Need a fake Apple Notes screenshot for an ad, social post, video scene, or product mockup.
• Need a sequence of Apple Notes frames (title-only → adding paragraphs → cursor moves) to drive a typing-animation video — used by `create-apple-notes-video-ad`.
• Need a static "noted to self" beat in a storyboard.

If you're rendering an iMessage thread, use `skills/atoms/messaging/create-imessage-mockup` instead.

Inputs

The skill is deterministic — it does not embed an LLM. The orchestrating agent composes a note JSON matching the schema below, then invokes the renderer.

Note JSON schema

{
  "title": "Hello",
  "body": [
    { "type": "paragraph", "text": "This is a screen recording of me typing on apple notes app." },
    { "type": "paragraph", "text": "Let's see how this feels." }
  ],
  "cursor": "end",
  "autocorrect_underline": ["this", "how"],
  "status_bar": {
    "time": "9:41",
    "battery_pct": 87,
    "battery_low": false,
    "show_focus_glyph": false
  },
  "show_keyboard": false,
  "keyboard_state": {
    "suggestions": ["see", "go", "do"],
    "shift": "lower",
    "letters_row1": "qwertyuiop",
    "letters_row2": "asdfghjkl",
    "letters_row3": "zxcvbnm"
  },
  "with_iphone_frame": false
}

• `title` — string. Bold display headline, single line.
• `body[]` — block list. Supported block types:
• `paragraph` — `{ "text": "..." }`. Smart punctuation is auto-applied (`'` → `'`, `"` → `"`, `...` → `…`, `--` → `–`, `---` → `—`).
• `image` — `{ "src": "<path|url>", "caption": "optional" }`. Relative paths are resolved against the spec file's directory and inlined as data URIs.
• `checklist` — `{ "items": [{ "text": "...", "checked": true|false }] }`. Checked items get yellow filled circles with strikethrough; unchecked get gray-outlined circles.
• `divider` — horizontal rule.
• `cursor` — `"title" | "end" | null`. `"title"` places the yellow caret at the end of the title; `"end"` places it at the end of the last paragraph; `null` hides it.
• `autocorrect_underline[]` — exact-case word list. Each occurrence gets the Apple Notes mid-typing yellow underline (`<span class="spell">`).
• `status_bar` — `time`, `battery_pct` (0–100), `battery_low` (color battery red), `show_focus_glyph` (DND/car icon next to time). The Dynamic Island is not rendered.
• `show_keyboard` — `true` overlays the iOS QWERTY + formatting toolbar.
• `keyboard_state` — only consulted when `show_keyboard` is true. `shift` = `"lower" | "upper"`.
• `with_iphone_frame` — adds a thin dark bezel inset (for hero compositions).

CLI

node render.js --note examples/mid.json
node render.js --note examples/long.json --output ./my-exports/ --name todays-note
node render.js --note my-note.json --with-keyboard
node render.js --note my-note.json --viewport 1080x1920   # 9:16 ad delivery size

Flags

| Flag | Effect | |---|---| | `--note <path>` | (required) JSON file matching the schema above | | `--with-keyboard` | force-enables `show_keyboard` (overrides spec) | | `--with-iphone-frame` | force-enables hardware bezel | | `--no-frame` | force-disables hardware bezel | | `--output <dir>` | parent dir for the dated output folder; default `./apple-notes-mockup-exports/` | | `--name <slug>` | override the output folder slug | | `--out-html <path>` / `--out-png <path>` | write directly to explicit paths (skip dated folder) | | `--viewport WxH` | override the render viewport (default `1180x2556`) | | `--dpr N` | device-pixel ratio (default `2`) |

Output

<output>/<YYYY-MM-DD>-<slug>/
  index.html       # full standalone HTML (images inlined as data URIs)
  screenshot.png   # rendered PNG at the chosen viewport × DPR
  spec.json        # copy of the input for reproducibility

Default `<output>` is `./apple-notes-mockup-exports/` in the cwd.

Workflow

1. Receive a prompt or existing note JSON. 2. If only a prompt was given: compose a `note.json` matching the schema, save it. 3. Run `node render.js --note <path> [--with-keyboard]`. 4. Open the resulting PNG to verify the layout. If something looks wrong (wrong wrap, wrong cursor position, wrong battery color), edit the JSON and re-render.

Setup (one-time)

cd create-apple-notes-mockup
npm install
npx playwright install chromium

A symlink to `create-imessage-mockup/node_modules` ships with the repo, so on a fresh clone `npm install` is only needed if you want this skill to be self-contained.

Files

| File | Purpose | |---|---| | `render.js` | CLI entry — parses flags, resolves image paths, generates HTML, takes screenshot | | `generate.js` | Note JSON → standalone HTML page (smart-punctuation + autocorrect underline applied here) | | `screenshot.js` | HTML → PNG via Playwright (chromium he