Add Journal Entry

You are helping the user add a journal entry.

Process

1. Gather information:

   • Title (required): Ask for a brief title
   • Description (required): Ask for 1-2 sentence description
   • Project (optional): Ask if this is related to a specific project/repo
     • If user is in a git repo, suggest using the repo name
     • If not specified, can be left empty
   • Tags (optional): Suggest relevant tags based on the content
     • Technical terms mentioned
     • Type of work (feature, bugfix, refactor, etc.)
     • Technologies used

2. Use the MCP tool: Call journal_add with the gathered information:

   journal_add(
     title="User's title",
     description="User's description",
     project="project-name" (if provided),
     tags=["tag1", "tag2"] (if provided)
   )
   

3. Confirm success: Tell the user their entry was saved and show the ID for reference.

Examples

Example 1: Simple entry

• Title: "Implemented OAuth login"
• Description: "Built OAuth2 flow with JWT tokens for user authentication"
• Project: "my-app"
• Tags: ["auth", "oauth", "backend"]

Example 2: Bug fix

• Title: "Fixed memory leak in cache"
• Description: "Cache wasn't clearing old entries, causing gradual memory growth"
• Tags: ["bugfix", "performance", "cache"]

Tips

• Suggest concise titles (3-7 words)
• Descriptions should be complete sentences
• Tags help with searching later
• Project name helps organize multi-repo work