mcp-dayone CLAUDE.md

mcp-dayone CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from Quevin/mcp-dayone. It costs 1,537 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A complete connection between an AI assistant and Day One, a journaling app, for reading, searching and creating journal entries. It supports rich entry content and attached media.

In plain words
What is it for?
Creating, reading and searching entries, finding memories from the same date in earlier years, handling photos, videos, audio and PDFs, and using dates or locations.
Why use it?
It avoids switching between the assistant and the journal when managing personal records. Entries can be read from the journal database and written through its command-line interface.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

Install

Getting it into your agent

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npx agentmods add instructions/quevin/mcp-dayone/claude-md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Quevin/mcp-dayone

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Opus 5 $0.00768 $0.00768
Sonnet 5 $0.00307 $0.00307
Haiku 4.5 $0.00154 $0.00154

Measured 6d ago against content hash df6682acbf02, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-05, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcp-dayone CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 133 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 133 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Overview

This is a comprehensive MCP (Message Control Protocol) server that provides full read/write integration between Claude Desktop and Day One Journal. The server implements the MCP protocol with 10 specialized tools for creating, reading, and searching journal entries with rich metadata support.

Project Status - Production Ready

Current Phase: Full-featured production deployment ✅
Progress: Complete read/write functionality with advanced features

Recent Completed Features:

  • Enhanced Text Extraction: Comprehensive rich text JSON parsing from Day One's complex format
  • "On This Day" Feature: Date-based historical entry retrieval across multiple years
  • Direct Database Access: SQLite integration for reading Day One's Core Data database
  • Hybrid Architecture: CLI for writing, database for reading operations
  • 10 MCP Tools: Complete toolkit for journal management
  • Advanced Attachments: Support for photos, videos, audio, PDFs (up to 10 per entry)
  • Location Integration: GPS coordinates and location-aware entries
  • Rich Metadata: Tags, starred entries, timezone support, all-day events

Architecture

Production Python MCP Structure:

  • src/mcp_dayone/server.py: Main MCP server with 10 tool handlers and proper error handling
  • src/mcp_dayone/tools.py: Hybrid Day One operations:
    • CLI wrapper for write operations (create_entry, attachments, location)
    • SQLite database access for read operations (Core Data schema)
    • Text extraction engine for Day One's rich text JSON format
  • pyproject.toml: Python project dependencies and configuration
  • docs/: Documentation and examples

Key Implementation Details:

  • Database Path: ~/Library/Group Containers/5U8NS4GX82.dayoneapp2/Data/Documents/DayOne.sqlite
  • Core Data Schema: Uses Z-prefixed tables (ZENTRY, ZJOURNAL, ZTAG, Z_13TAGS)
  • Timestamp Conversion: Core Data timestamps (seconds since 2001-01-01) + 978307200
  • Rich Text Parsing: Handles multiple JSON formats (attributedString, ops, delta, NSString)

Read the full file on GitHub · 133 lines

Changes

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  1. 6d ago First seen · 133 lines · 1,537 tokens per session scan A df6682acbf02

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mcp-dayone CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Quevin/mcp-dayone (18 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,537 tokens to every session, about $0.0077 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.