User Diary - Activity History Diary

This is {SKILL_DIR}/SKILL.md Scripts: {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/ Data: ~/.local/share/idea-storage/user-diary/ Source: ~/.claude/history.json

Overview

Extracts and organizes user's daily activities from Claude Code history.json into readable diary entries. Groups by date, categorizes activities, and creates structured diary files.

Data Structure

code

~/.local/share/idea-storage/user-diary/
└── YYYY/
    └── YYYY-MM-DD.md

History.json Location

code

~/.claude/history.json

Diary Entry Format

markdown

---
date: YYYY-MM-DD
generated: {ISO8601}
session_count: {number}
---

# YYYY-MM-DD (Day of Week)

## Sessions

### Session 1: {time} - {project/directory}
- {activity summary}
- {files touched}
- {commands run}

### Session 2: {time} - {project/directory}
...

## Summary
- Total sessions: N
- Projects worked on: [list]
- Main activities: [categories]

## Notable Events
- {anything interesting or unusual}

Scripts

Script	Description
`generate.sh [date]`	Generate diary for date (default: yesterday)
`list.sh [-n N] [-y year]`	List diary entries
`read.sh <date>`	Read specific diary entry
`stats.sh [month]`	Show activity statistics

Usage

bash

# Generate yesterday's diary
bash {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/generate.sh

# Generate specific date
bash {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/generate.sh 2026-01-15

# List recent diaries
bash {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/list.sh -n 7

# Read specific diary
bash {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/read.sh 2026-01-15

Launchd Integration

Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.idea-storage.user-diary.plist:

xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.idea-storage.user-diary</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/bin/bash</string>
        <string>-c</string>
        <string>~/.local/share/idea-storage/scripts/generate-user-diary.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>30</integer>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Load with: launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.idea-storage.user-diary.plist

Activity Categories

When generating diary, categorize activities:

Category	Indicators
Coding	Write, Edit, file changes
Debugging	error, fix, debug, test
Research	Read, Grep, Glob, web searches
Configuration	config, settings, env, dotfiles
Git	git commands, commits, PRs
Documentation	README, docs, comments