diff --git a/packages/scripts/default.nix b/packages/scripts/default.nix
index b71520a..2c41dbf 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/default.nix
+++ b/packages/scripts/default.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ in
     name = "nix-git";
   };
 
+  notetags = makeScript {
+    src = ./notetags.sh;
+    name = "notetags";
+  };
+
   bvg = pkgs.callPackage ./bvg.nix {};
   nav = pkgs.callPackage ./nav.nix {};
 }
diff --git a/packages/scripts/notetags.sh b/packages/scripts/notetags.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3dc73ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scripts/notetags.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# inspired by https://github.com/connermcd/bin/blob/1d38cb98812906d8b95dc6e51e1149e29261617d/notetags
+
+cd "$HOME/notes/" || exit
+
+[[ -f tags ]] && rm tags
+grep -r 'tags:' ./* | while read -r line; do
+  file=$(echo "$line" | cut -d: -f1)
+  unparsed_tags=$(echo "$line" | cut -d: -f3) #
+  tags=$(echo "$unparsed_tags" | sed -e 's/tags: *//g' -e 's/[][,]//g')
+  for tag in $tags; do
+    echo "$tag	$file	/^$unparsed_tags$/;" >> tags
+  done
+done