daily-notes

Productivity

Manages daily notes with M-D-YYYY format (e.g., 1-1-2026.md). Use when the user asks to view recent notes, create daily notes, read today's notes, summarize the week, or references @notes/ or dates. Can fetch last 7 days of notes. Notes location is configurable in Settings > Storage.

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Daily Notes Management

Overview

This skill manages daily notes stored in the workspace's notes directory using the M-D-YYYY.md format (e.g., 1-1-2026.md, 12-31-2025.md).

Date Format

All daily notes follow this format:

Format: M-D-YYYY.md
No leading zeros: 1-1-2026.md not 01-01-2026.md
Examples:
- January 1, 2026 -> 1-1-2026.md
- December 31, 2025 -> 12-31-2025.md
- March 5, 2026 -> 3-5-2026.md

Getting the Notes Directory

The notes location is configurable in Settings > Storage. To get the correct path, query the workspace paths API:

curl http://localhost:1234/api/workspace/paths
# Returns: { "success": true, "data": { "notes": "/path/to/notes", ... } }

Or use jq to extract just the notes path:

NOTES_DIR=$(curl -s http://localhost:1234/api/workspace/paths | jq -r '.data.notes')

CLI Usage

The skill provides a shell script. Set the NOTES_DIR environment variable to the workspace's notes path (obtained from the API above).

NOTES_DIR=/path/to/workspace/notes .claude/skills/daily-notes/daily-note.sh <command> [arguments]

Commands

get-today

Get or create today's daily note.

./daily-note.sh get-today

get-note [date]

Get a specific date's note.

./daily-note.sh get-note 1-1-2026

get-last-x [duration]

Get notes from the last N days.

./daily-note.sh get-last-x 7days
./daily-note.sh get-last-x 30days

get-range [start] [end]

Get notes between two dates (ISO format).

./daily-note.sh get-range 2026-01-01 2026-01-07

How Claude Should Use This Skill

Important: Always set the NOTES_DIR environment variable to the workspace's notes path before running the script.

When User Asks About Recent Work

User: "What have I been working on this week?"
-> Run: NOTES_DIR=/path/to/notes ./daily-note.sh get-last-x 7days
-> Parse content and provide summary

When User Wants to Add to Today's Note

User: "Add this to my daily note: Completed feature X"
-> Run: NOTES_DIR=/path/to/notes ./daily-note.sh get-today
-> Use Edit tool to append content

Best Practices

Always set NOTES_DIR - Don't rely on the default path
Handle missing notes gracefully - Not every day has a note
Preserve existing content - Use Edit tool, not Write when modifying
Support natural language dates - Convert to M-D-YYYY format