Daily Journal

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User requests daily journal generation
• Standup preparation
• Asks what did I work on today/this week?

Example prompts

• “what did I work on today/this week?”
• “/daily-journal”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Philosophy
2. 2Flow Diagram
3. 3Time-Aware Interaction
4. 4The Conversation
5. 5Using Data as Memory Aid
6. 6Markdown Conventions
7. 7Template Structure
8. 8CLI Reference

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f99e0a3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • uv

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Daily Journal loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~14k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 841 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~50

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.5k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~14k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from ravila4/claude-adhd-skills at commit f99e0a3, republished under its MIT licence (© ravila4). 841 words, ~2,544 tokens.

name

daily-journal

description

Draft, organize, or update development journal entries. Use when user requests daily journal generation, work review, standup preparation, or asks "what did I work on today/this week?"

argumentHint

[--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--quick]

userInvocable

true

flowchart TD
    Start([/daily-journal]) --> CheckTime{What time is it?}

    CheckTime -->|Morning| MorningFlow
    CheckTime -->|Afternoon/Evening| EveningFlow

    subgraph MorningFlow[Morning: Planning Mode]
        M1[Read yesterday's entry] --> M2[Show yesterday's open questions]
        M2 --> M3{Ask: What's your focus today?}
        M3 --> M4{Ask: Any carryover from yesterday?}
        M4 --> M5[Create/update today's entry with intentions]
    end

    subgraph EveningFlow[Afternoon/Evening: Reflection Mode]
        E1{Ask: What did you work on?} --> E2{Ask: How did it go?}
        E2 --> E3{Ask: What's still open?}
        E3 --> E4[Offer data as memory aid]
        E4 --> E5{Anything else to add?}
        E5 --> E6[Synthesize journal from conversation]
    end

    subgraph DataAid[Data as Memory Aid]
        D1[Run collect_day_data.py] --> D2[Show: I see activity in X...]
        D2 --> D3{Worth mentioning?}
        D3 -->|Yes| D4[User describes in their words]
        D3 -->|No| D5[Skip]
    end

    E4 --> DataAid
    DataAid --> E5

    MorningFlow --> Save
    EveningFlow --> Save

    Save[Save to Obsidian] --> End([Done])

    style MorningFlow fill:#e8f4e8
    style EveningFlow fill:#e8e8f4
    style DataAid fill:#f4f4e8

# Get current time
date "+%H:%M %A"  # e.g., "14:32 Saturday"

I see some activity that might jog your memory:
- 3 commits in my-project
- 45 sessions in data-pipeline
- Files touched in config skill

Any of these worth mentioning in your own words?

uv run ~/.claude/skills/daily-journal/scripts/collect_day_data.py [--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--skip-sessions]

> Spent most of the morning yak-shaving on my dev tools again.
> It felt productive in the moment but I'm not sure it was the best use of time.
> The API debugging is getting frustrating - every fix reveals another issue.

> [!info] Context
> Continued from [[2026-01-23]] - API authentication debugging.
> Related to the data pipeline project.

<details>
<summary>Technical: Auth token fix</summary>

The issue was that refresh tokens were expiring before the batch job completed.
Fixed with: token rotation middleware.

</details>

---
date: {date}
tags:
  - daily-log
  - {weekend if applicable}
  - {project tags from conversation}
---

## {date} - {day of week}

> {User's summary of the day in their own words - from conversation}

### What I Worked On

> {User's description of their focus, in their voice}

> [!info] Context
> {Any relevant background - continued from yesterday, etc.}

### How It Went

> {User's reflection on the experience - what felt good, what was frustrating}

### Open Loops

> [!question] Still thinking about...
> - {Open questions from conversation}
> - {Blockers mentioned}

### Tomorrow

> {User's stated intentions for tomorrow}

---

*{Day character} - {One-line takeaway}*

## Related

- [[{relevant links}]]

### Open Loops

> [!question] Still thinking about...
> - ~~Should I re-run step 1 after the config change?~~ No, step 2 handles it
> - ~~Investigate flaky test in pipeline~~ Was a CI caching issue, fixed 2026-01-25
> - New question that replaced the old one

---

*Full day - Auth system working, merged feature branches, but blocked on deploy permissions for live testing*

© ravila4, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 11 other files (scripts, references) in skills/daily-journal of ravila4/claude-adhd-skills.

• SKILL.md
• references/callout-conventions.md
• references/high-signal-patterns.md
• references/limitations-caveats.md
• references/log-formats.md
• references/modes_and_workflows.md
• references/section_guide.md
• references/session-patterns.md
• references/workflow_examples.md
• scripts/collect_day_data.py
• templates/daily-log.md
• templates/writing-guidelines.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f99e0a3