thoreinstein/gemini-obsidian/journal
Claude Code and agent skill by thoreinstein/gemini-obsidian
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Use when the user wants to work with their daily note — view today's entry, add a log, do a daily review, or capture quick thoughts. Covers all daily note workflows.
Install
npx vskill@latest install thoreinstein/gemini-obsidian/journalSKILL.md
Daily Journal
Work with today's daily note in the Obsidian vault.
Default Action (no arguments)
- Call
obsidian_get_daily_noteto retrieve today's note - Summarize key tasks, events, or entries
- Ask if the user wants to add anything
Quick Capture (with arguments)
If the user provides text after /journal, log it:
- Call
obsidian_append_daily_logwith heading "Notes" and the user's text - Confirm what was logged
Common Headings
When logging entries, use these standard headings:
- Work Log — tasks, progress, accomplishments
- Notes — general thoughts and observations
- Ideas — creative ideas and inspirations
- Meetings — meeting notes and action items
Weekly Review
If the user asks for a "weekly review":
- List recent daily notes via
obsidian_list_notes(subfolder "Daily Notes") - Read each day's note
- Summarize themes, accomplishments, and open items
Multi-Session Daily Activity Recap (/recap)
Use this workflow when the user wants to summarize today's work across workspaces, consolidate daily activities, or runs /recap / /obsidian:recap:
- Harvest Sessions:
Call obsidian_harvest_cli_sessions with date (defaults to today) and optional template_path.
- Template-Driven Formatting:
- When a custom template is provided (`templateContent`):
Analyze the template structure and map the harvested activities into the corresponding sections/placeholders (e.g. accomplishments, engineering milestones, reflections, or next steps) while strictly preserving the user's template headings and formatting.
- When no template is provided (Default Universal Format):
Synthesize a clean, structured project activity summary:
- Group activities by project or repository name.
- For each project, extract:
- Accomplishments: Key problems solved, features implemented, or tasks completed (derived from user prompts and topic transitions).
- Engineering Milestones: Meaningful operations such as Git commits, Pull Requests/reviews, issue keys, or automated tests run.
- Topics & Explorations: Core technical topics, investigations, or architectural decisions discussed.
- Vault Ingestion:
Append the synthesized summary to today's daily note under the designated heading (defaults to Work Log or the heading specified by the user/template) via obsidian_append_daily_log.
- Response:
Present the plain-text summary to the user for immediate review.
Security
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Source
- SKILL.md in the repositoryCheckingskills/journal/SKILL.md
Popularity
- Repository stars
- 99
- Repository forks
- 7
- 7-day trend score
- 23
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