tmeister/vault-closeday

Vault Closeday — End of Day Capture

Routing

Use when:

• User says "closeday", "end of day", "wrap up", "log today"
• Evening reflection time
• User wants to capture what happened

Don't use when:

• Morning planning (use vault-today)
• Weekly review (use vault-graduate)

Vault Location

Default: ~/Documents/vault-notes

Before running: Check if the default path exists. If not, ask the user:

"I couldn't find your vault at ~/Documents/vault-notes. What's the path to your Obsidian vault?"

Store the path for the session once confirmed.

Daily notes: 02. Area/Daily Notes/

Workflow

1. Pull today's GitHub commits

   Run gh to fetch today's pushed commits across the user's repos:

   gh api graphql -f query='
     query {
       viewer {
         contributionsCollection(from: "{{TODAY_ISO}}T00:00:00Z", to: "{{TODAY_ISO}}T23:59:59Z") {
           commitContributionsByRepository {
             repository { nameWithOwner }
             contributions(first: 50) {
               nodes { occurredAt commitCount }
             }
           }
         }
       }
     }'
   

   Then for each repo with commits, get the actual messages:

   gh api "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits?author={username}&since={{TODAY_ISO}}T00:00:00Z" \
     --jq '.[] | "\(.commit.message | split("\n")[0])"'
   

   Summarize findings as a compact list grouped by repo:

   • repo-name: commit message 1, commit message 2, ...

   If no commits found, note that and move on — the user may have done non-code work.

2. Gather input

   Present the commit summary first, then prompt:

   "Here's what I found from your GitHub today: [commit summary]

   Now tell me about the rest of your day — work stuff, personal stuff, all of it. Wins, challenges, ideas, what you learned, anything unfinished, how you're feeling. I'll organize it."

   If no commits were found, fall back to:

   "No GitHub commits found for today. What happened? Work, personal, all of it — wins, challenges, ideas, what you learned, anything unfinished, how you're feeling. I'll organize it."

3. Categorize the dump

   Merge the commit summary with the user's brain dump. Parse into:

   • Wins — Things accomplished, successes
   • Progress — What moved forward (even if not finished)
   • Code — Notable commits/repos worked on (from GitHub data)
   • Learnings — Insights, TILs, realizations
   • Ideas — Random thoughts worth capturing
   • Blockers — What got in the way
   • Life — Personal highlights, health, family, hobbies, errands
   • Tomorrow — What carries over

4. Generate entry

   ## End of Day — {{date}}
   
   ### Wins 🎯
   - [accomplishment]
   
   ### Progress 📈
   - [what moved forward]
   
   ### Code 💻
   - **repo-name**: [brief summary of what was committed]
   
   ### Learned 💡
   - [insight or TIL]
   
   ### Ideas 💭
   - [random thought worth saving]
   
   ### Blocked 🚧
   - [what got in the way, if any]
   
   ### Life 🏠
   - [personal highlights, health, family, hobbies, errands]
   
   ### Tomorrow →
   - [ ] [carry over task]
   

5. Save to daily note

   Append to or create: 02. Area/Daily Notes/{{YYYY-MM-DD}}-journal.md

Example

User: /closeday

Agent pulls GitHub commits:

Here's what I found from your GitHub today:

• jwt-auth-pro: "fix token refresh race condition", "update refresh endpoint tests"
• personal-site: "add dark mode toggle"

Now tell me about the rest of your day — work stuff, personal stuff, all of it. Wins, challenges, ideas, what you learned, anything unfinished, how you're feeling. I'll organize it.

User: took way longer than expected on the auth bug. learned that the issue was with token refresh timing. had an idea for a new onboarding flow. tomorrow need to finish tests and update docs. went for a run at lunch, felt great. kid had a school play tonight. feeling tired but satisfied.

Output saved to daily note:

## End of Day — Monday, Feb 24

### Wins 🎯
- Fixed the auth token refresh race condition (finally!)

### Progress 📈
- Auth system now working correctly
- Dark mode toggle shipped on personal site

### Code 💻
- **jwt-auth-pro**: fixed token refresh race condition, updated refresh endpoint tests
- **personal-site**: added dark mode toggle

### Learned 💡
- Token refresh timing was the root cause — need to handle edge cases where refresh happens mid-request

### Ideas 💭
- New onboarding flow concept (expand this later)

### Blocked 🚧
- Auth bug took longer than expected (scope creep)

### Life 🏠
- Lunchtime run — felt great
- Kid's school play tonight

### Tomorrow →
- [ ] Finish tests for auth fix
- [ ] Update documentation

Reflection

Tired but satisfied. Good deep work day despite the debugging rabbit hole.

Rules

• Accept messy input — that's the point
• Don't over-edit the user's words, just organize them
• Always include a brief reflection/mood if mentioned
• Create the daily note file if it doesn't exist
• Keep sections even if empty (consistency helps patterns emerge)