A lightweight MCP server that provides Claude with a private journaling capability to process feelings and thoughts
obra/private-journal-mcp is an MCP server that gives Claude a local journal for recording and searching thoughts, reflections, notes, and insights. It is intended for private personal and project journaling, with semantic search performed on the user's machine. The catalogue instruction helps coding agents use its journaling workflow.
Latest release v2.0.1 · 18 Jun 2026
These files are obra/private-journal-mcp's own configuration. They tell Claude Code how to work on this repository, so they are not mods to install elsewhere. Copy one as a starting point and replace the parts that are about this project.
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