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v1.8.5

Project journal management - create entries, update existing entries, and archive older entries. Enforces append-only format, continuous numbering, and entry verification.

Claude Code6 Skills

By Stellars HensonLicense: MIT4 GitHub starsUpdated 6 days ago

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Sep 17, 2026
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Install journal for Claude Code

Installs for the current user
claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install journal@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually
git clone https://github.com/stellarshenson/claude-code-plugins

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is plugins/journal/.

Plugin files

plugins/journal/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── skills/archive/SKILL.md
├── skills/article/SKILL.md
├── skills/create/SKILL.md
├── skills/journal/SKILL.md
├── skills/standardize/SKILL.md
└── skills/update/SKILL.md

Included Skills6

archiveskills/archive/SKILL.md

Archive older journal entries via `journal-tools archive`. Keeps last 20 in main, appends rest to JOURNAL_ARCHIVE.md. Triggers - "archive journal", "prune journal", "compact journal".

articleskills/article/SKILL.md

Extract an oversized journal entry's depth into a standalone article in `docs/` and condense the entry to a Standard-tier summary that links to the article. Use when `journal-tools check` warns that an entry is over the Extended max (400 words) - even Extended caps there, and the rationale belongs in a dedicated doc. Triggers - "create article from entry", "extract journal entry to article", "make article from journal".

createskills/create/SKILL.md

Initialise a new `.claude/JOURNAL.md` for a project that doesn't have one yet. Strictly first-time setup — refuses if the file exists. Triggers - "create journal", "init journal", "start journal", "new journal".

journalskills/journal/SKILL.md

Manage `.claude/JOURNAL.md`. **Auto-triggers on ANY mention of "journal"** — questions about the journal, entry format, word-count tiers, archiving, the `/journal:*` commands, or the `journal-tools` CLI. Also triggers on "update journal", "add journal entry", "log this", "journal this", "record this in the journal", "create journal", "init journal", "archive journal", "prune journal", or after finishing substantive work that should be logged. Enforces format, append-only, continuous numbering, word-count tiers, post-write `journal-tools check` validation, archiving.

standardizeskills/standardize/SKILL.md

Standardize oversized / mis-marked journal entries via the ACP repair loop. For each offender, the shipped prompt YAML drives a focused `claude -p` subprocess that decides Extended vs Condense vs Drop-marker; the CLI applies the verdict. Triggers - "standardize journal", "fix journal entry tiers", "repair journal".

updateskills/update/SKILL.md

Append a new entry to `.claude/JOURNAL.md` OR update the last entry in place when the new work is a small continuation of it. Triggers - "update journal", "add journal entry", "log this", "add entry", "journal this", "record this in the journal".

Plugin manifests1

plugins/journal/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
{
  "name": "journal",
  "description": "Project journal management - create entries, update existing entries, and archive older entries. Enforces append-only format, continuous numbering, and entry verification.",
  "version": "1.8.5",
  "license": "MIT",
  "author": {
    "name": "Stellars Henson",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "journal",
    "logging",
    "audit",
    "documentation",
    "changelog"
  ]
}

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