Diary

A productivity logging and tracking toolkit. Record entries across 13 categories — add, plan, track, review, streak, remind, prioritize, archive, tag, timeline, report, and weekly-review. Each command stores timestamped entries locally with full activity history, search, statistics, and multi-format export.

Commands

add — Add a diary entry

Record a new entry or view recent entries. Called with no arguments, shows the last 20 entries.

bash scripts/script.sh add "morning standup: discussed sprint priorities"
bash scripts/script.sh add "completed code review for PR #142"
bash scripts/script.sh add

plan — Record or view plans

Log planning decisions, goals, or upcoming task outlines.

bash scripts/script.sh plan "Q2 goals: ship v2.0, hire 2 engineers, reduce p50 latency"
bash scripts/script.sh plan "this week: finish API migration, write docs"
bash scripts/script.sh plan

track — Track progress

Record progress on ongoing tasks, habits, or metrics.

bash scripts/script.sh track "reading: finished chapter 7 of DDIA"
bash scripts/script.sh track "exercise: 30min run, 5km"
bash scripts/script.sh track

review — Record reviews

Log review notes — code reviews, sprint retros, or self-reflection.

bash scripts/script.sh review "sprint retro: deployment process needs automation"
bash scripts/script.sh review "1:1 feedback: improve async communication"

streak — Track streaks

Record streak milestones for habits or daily practices.

bash scripts/script.sh streak "coding: day 45 consecutive"
bash scripts/script.sh streak "meditation: day 12"
bash scripts/script.sh streak

remind — Set reminders

Log reminders and follow-up items.

bash scripts/script.sh remind "follow up with vendor on contract renewal by Friday"
bash scripts/script.sh remind "dentist appointment next Tuesday 2pm"

prioritize — Record priorities

Log prioritization decisions and task rankings.

bash scripts/script.sh prioritize "P0: fix auth bug, P1: deploy monitoring, P2: update docs"
bash scripts/script.sh prioritize "today: database migration > API tests > code review"

archive — Archive entries

Mark items as archived or log archival operations.

bash scripts/script.sh archive "moved Q1 OKRs to archive"
bash scripts/script.sh archive "closed 14 stale tickets from backlog"

tag — Tag entries

Add tags or categorizations to organize your log data.

bash scripts/script.sh tag "project:atlas, type:bugfix, severity:high"
bash scripts/script.sh tag "#learning #rust #systems"

timeline — Record timeline events

Log chronological milestones and key events.

bash scripts/script.sh timeline "v2.0 released to production"
bash scripts/script.sh timeline "team offsite: Tokyo, March 15-17"

report — Generate or record reports

Log report creation or summary observations.

bash scripts/script.sh report "weekly status: 12 PRs merged, 3 bugs fixed, 1 incident"
bash scripts/script.sh report "monthly review: on track for Q2 targets"

weekly-review — Weekly review entries

Record weekly review summaries for reflection and planning.

bash scripts/script.sh weekly-review "good: shipped search feature. improve: testing coverage"
bash scripts/script.sh weekly-review "wins: closed 8 tickets. blockers: CI flakiness"

stats — Summary statistics

Show entry counts per category, total entries, data size, and earliest recorded activity.

bash scripts/script.sh stats

export — Export all data

Export all logged entries to JSON, CSV, or plain text format.

bash scripts/script.sh export json
bash scripts/script.sh export csv
bash scripts/script.sh export txt

search — Search across all entries

Search all log files for a keyword (case-insensitive).

bash scripts/script.sh search "sprint"
bash scripts/script.sh search "meditation"

recent — View recent activity

Show the last 20 entries from the global activity history.

bash scripts/script.sh recent

status — Health check

Display version, data directory, total entries, disk usage, and last activity timestamp.

bash scripts/script.sh status

help / version

bash scripts/script.sh help
bash scripts/script.sh version

Data Storage

All data is stored locally in ~/.local/share/diary/:

• Per-command logs: add.log, plan.log, track.log, review.log, streak.log, remind.log, prioritize.log, archive.log, tag.log, timeline.log, report.log, weekly-review.log
• Activity history: history.log — global log of all operations with timestamps
• Exports: export.json, export.csv, or export.txt (generated on demand)

Each entry is stored as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM|\x3Cvalue> with pipe-delimited fields.

Requirements

• bash 4+
• grep, wc, du, tail, head, cat, date, basename (standard coreutils)
• No external dependencies

When to Use

1. Daily work journaling — Use add throughout the day to capture what you did, decisions made, and things learned
2. Sprint planning and retros — Combine plan, review, and weekly-review for agile workflow documentation
3. Habit tracking — Use track and streak to build accountability for daily habits (exercise, reading, coding)
4. Priority management — Log priority decisions with prioritize and set follow-ups with remind
5. Long-term reflection — Export monthly data with export json and use timeline to mark significant milestones

Examples

# Start your day with a plan
bash scripts/script.sh plan "today: fix auth bug, review PR #200, update API docs"

# Track progress throughout the day
bash scripts/script.sh add "fixed auth token refresh — was using expired key"
bash scripts/script.sh track "PR #200 reviewed, left 3 comments"
bash scripts/script.sh tag "#bugfix #auth #security"

# End-of-week review
bash scripts/script.sh weekly-review "shipped: auth fix, search feature. next: monitoring dashboard"
bash scripts/script.sh stats

# Search and export
bash scripts/script.sh search "auth"
bash scripts/script.sh export json

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