diff --git a/cmd/dispatch/notes.go b/cmd/dispatch/notes.go
index 125ef04..cf31a03 100644
--- a/cmd/dispatch/notes.go
+++ b/cmd/dispatch/notes.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"encoding/csv"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func runNotes(w io.Writer, args []string) error {
 	if len(rest) > 0 {
 		rest = rest[1:]
 	}
-	if len(rest) == 0 || rest[0] == "list" || rest[0] == "--json" {
+	if len(rest) == 0 || rest[0] == "list" || rest[0] == "--json" || rest[0] == "--csv" {
 		return runNotesList(w, rest)
 	}
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ func runNotes(w io.Writer, args []string) error {
 
 func runNotesList(w io.Writer, args []string) error {
 	jsonOut := false
+	csvOut := false
 	if len(args) > 0 && args[0] == "list" {
 		args = args[1:]
 	}
@@ -65,10 +67,15 @@ func runNotesList(w io.Writer, args []string) error {
 		switch arg {
 		case "--json":
 			jsonOut = true
+		case "--csv":
+			csvOut = true
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf("notes list does not take arguments, got %q", arg)
 		}
 	}
+	if jsonOut && csvOut {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--json and --csv cannot be combined")
+	}
 
 	cfg, err := configLoadFn()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -84,6 +91,9 @@ func runNotesList(w io.Writer, args []string) error {
 		enc.SetIndent("", "  ")
 		return enc.Encode(report)
 	}
+	if csvOut {
+		return writeNotesCSV(w, report)
+	}
 	writeNotesText(w, report)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -215,6 +225,7 @@ func writeNotesText(w io.Writer, report notesReport) {
 			idWidth = len(entry.ID)
 		}
 	}
+
 	for _, entry := range report.Notes {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "  %-*s  %s\n", idWidth, entry.ID, entry.Note)
 		if entry.Summary != "" {
@@ -222,3 +233,17 @@ func writeNotesText(w io.Writer, report notesReport) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func writeNotesCSV(w io.Writer, report notesReport) error {
+	cw := csv.NewWriter(w)
+	if err := cw.Write([]string{"id", "summary", "note"}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, entry := range report.Notes {
+		if err := cw.Write([]string{entry.ID, csvSafe(entry.Summary), csvSafe(entry.Note)}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	cw.Flush()
+	return cw.Error()
+}
diff --git a/cmd/dispatch/notes_test.go b/cmd/dispatch/notes_test.go
index 4ef3272..6e2fd35 100644
--- a/cmd/dispatch/notes_test.go
+++ b/cmd/dispatch/notes_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,29 @@ func TestRunNotesListJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRunNotesListCSV(t *testing.T) {
+	withConfigSeams(t, notedConfig())
+	withNotesList(t, func(data.FilterOptions) ([]data.Session, error) { return notedSessions(), nil })
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := runNotes(&buf, []string{"notes", "--csv"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("runNotes csv shortcut: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	for _, want := range []string{
+		"id,summary,note",
+		"a,Auth fix,follow up",
+		"b,Build command,ready to ship",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
+			t.Errorf("CSV output missing %q:\n%s", want, out)
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, "orphan note") {
+		t.Fatalf("orphan note should not appear:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRunNotesGetSetClear(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := withConfigSeams(t, config.Default())
 
@@ -143,6 +166,7 @@ func TestRunNotesErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		{"notes", "set", "ses-1", "--stdin", "extra"},
 		{"notes", "clear"},
 		{"notes", "list", "extra"},
+		{"notes", "list", "--json", "--csv"},
 	} {
 		if err := runNotes(&bytes.Buffer{}, args); err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expected error for args %v", args)