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MCP Journaling Server

MCP Journaling Server

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github.com/mtctProductivity7Updated 66w ago
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About MCP Journaling Server

MCP Journaling Server manages interactive journaling sessions and saves conversations as dated Markdown entries. It is intended for journaling with session summaries, emotional analysis, and access to recent entries.

Key features

  1. 01Automatic session management
  2. 02Conversation transcripts saved as Markdown
  3. 03Timestamped conversation analysis
  4. 04Access to recent journal entries
  5. 05Chronological journal organization

Use cases

  1. 01Save an interactive journaling session
  2. 02Review recent journal entries
  3. 03Read conversations in chronological order

MCP support

Exposes session-management and journal-reading tools, a resource for recent entries, and a journaling prompt to MCP clients.

#journaling#mcp#server

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

No install method listed yet

We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.

Repository

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

MCP Journaling Server

An MCP (Message Control Protocol) server designed to handle interactive journaling sessions with support for emotional analysis and automatic conversation saving.

Journaling Server MCP server

Features

  • Automatic journaling session management
  • Conversation saving in Markdown format
  • Temporal analysis of conversations with timestamps
  • Support for reading recent journal entries
  • Chronological organization of journal entries

Installation

Depend from your MCP client, on Claude Desktop:

    "mcpServers": {
        "journaling": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                <REPOSITORY PATH>,
                "run",
                "server.py"
            ]
        }
    }

Configuration

The server can be configured using environment variables in .env file:

  • JOURNAL_DIR: Directory for saving journal files (default: ~/Documents/journal)
  • FILENAME_PREFIX: Prefix for file names (default: "journal")
  • FILE_EXTENSION: Journal file extension (default: ".md")

If not specified, default values will be used.

File Structure

Journal entries are saved with the following structure:

[JOURNAL_DIR]/
├── journal_2025-01-27.md
├── journal_2025-01-26.md
└── ...

Entry Format

Each journal entry includes:

  1. Header with date
  2. Conversation transcript with timestamps
  3. Emotional analysis
  4. Reflections and recurring themes

API

Tools
  • start_new_session(): Start a new journaling session
  • record_interaction(user_message, assistant_message): Record a message exchange
  • generate_session_summary(summary): Generate and save session summary
  • get_recent_journals(): Retrieve 5 most recent entries
Resources
  • journals://recent: Endpoint to access recent journal entries
Prompts
  • start_journaling: Initial prompt

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