Connect Dovetail to Your AI Agent

Specify a project, data record, or research question. AI can locate the material, work with its exported content, and save notes in your chosen project.

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Connect Dovetail Install OOMOL

Try a Dovetail Task

Copy a prompt into your agent with the oo Skill installed. Add your page links and source notes before running it.

oo Skill Dovetail

Summarize a Research Record

Find matching data and export the selected record for a focused summary.

/oo Dovetail: Find Dovetail data in project [project ID] matching [title or date range]. Export selected record [data ID] as Markdown and summarize [research question].

Save Research Notes in a Project

Structure supplied notes and create a new project data record.

/oo Dovetail: Organize these notes [notes] around [research question] and create a Dovetail data record in project [project ID] titled [title].

Start Working with Dovetail

Install OOMOL

Set up oo CLI and the oo Skill in your agent.
Install OOMOL →
Connect Dovetail

Connect a Dovetail personal API key.
Connect Dovetail →
Give Your Agent a Task

Use /oo with the pages to read, the changes to make, and where to save the result.
Connection Guide →

Choose Your Agent

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Generate it in Settings > Account > Personal API keys.
Access to the projects and data you want to use.

Dovetail Tools

Dovetail organizes research data within projects. Record exports provide text for analysis, while creation and field updates keep research notes structured.

Find and Export Research Data

List projects and data, retrieve individual records, and export their content as HTML or Markdown.

Create and Update Data Records

Create data with initial content; update existing titles and structured fields.

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Get Token Info

Get metadata for the current Dovetail personal API key.

dovetail.get_token_info

List Projects

List Dovetail projects with pagination and title filtering.

dovetail.list_projects

List Data

List Dovetail data records with pagination and common filters.

dovetail.list_data

Get Data

Get one Dovetail data record by identifier.

dovetail.get_data

Create Data

Create a Dovetail data record inside a specific project.

dovetail.create_data

Update Data

Update the title or fields of a Dovetail data record.

dovetail.update_data

Export Data

Export a Dovetail data record in HTML or Markdown format.

dovetail.export_data

Frequently Asked Questions

Which export formats can I use?

Choose Markdown or HTML when exporting a research data record.

How can I find the relevant research data?

Provide a project ID, title keywords, or creation date range to narrow the records.

Can AI replace an existing record’s body?

Existing record updates cover the title and fields. Body content can be supplied when creating a new record.