log-to-daily

<when_to_use>

• End of a work session (before closing Claude)
• After completing a significant piece of work
• When important decisions were made that should be recorded
• When the user explicitly requests logging
• Mid-session when switching contexts

NOT needed when:

• Just chatting without meaningful work output
• Quick questions with no decisions or outcomes </when_to_use>

<daily_note_location> Default path pattern: 00 Daily/YYYY/YYYYMMDD.md

Common alternatives:

• daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md
• Daily Notes/YYYY/YYYYMMDD.md
• journals/YYYY/MM/DD.md

If the default doesn't exist, check CLAUDE.md for the user's daily note configuration, or ask. </daily_note_location>

<log_format>

---

## Session Log - [TIME]

**Focus:** [1-2 sentence summary of main work]

### Completed
- [Concrete outcome 1]
- [Concrete outcome 2]

### Decisions Made
| Decision | Rationale |
|----------|-----------|
| [Decision] | [Why] |

### Files Created/Modified
- [[filename]] - [what/why]

### Next Steps
- [ ] [Follow-up task if any]

---

</log_format>

1. Locate today's daily note

   • Check default path: 00 Daily/YYYY/YYYYMMDD.md
   • Create if it doesn't exist (use minimal frontmatter)
   • If path unclear, ask user

2. Append the session log using the format above

   • Use --- separator before the log
   • Include timestamp (user's local time)
   • Be specific about outcomes, not activities
   • Link to created files with [[wikilinks]]

3. Confirm what was logged

<quality_guidelines> Good entries:

• "Created YouTube analytics inbox item with 3 integration options"
• "Refactored authentication to use JWT instead of sessions"
• "Decision: Use Postgres over SQLite (need concurrent writes)"

Bad entries:

• "Worked on stuff"
• "Had a conversation about the project"
• "Did some research"

Be specific. Capture what was DONE, not what was discussed.

Why this matters: Vault-analyst reads these logs to find patterns. Vague entries = weak pattern detection. Specific entries = actionable automation recommendations. </quality_guidelines>

<example_output>

Session Log - 2:45 PM

Focus: Local LLM integration for cost optimization