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MCP Dayone

quevin/mcp-dayone

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Day One Journal integration with Claude Desktop. This MCP server enables Claude Desktop to interact with your Day One journal through the Model Context Protocol. Claude can create journal entries, list available journals, and get entry counts directly through natural conversation.

Install

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dayone": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/FULL/PATH/TO/mcp-dayone",
        "run",
        "python",
        "-m",
        "mcp_dayone.server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Author
@quevin
Category
Note-Taking, Knowledge Management
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

About MCP Dayone

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Day One Journal integration with Claude Desktop.

This MCP server enables Claude Desktop to interact with your Day One journal through the Model Context Protocol. Claude can create journal entries, list available journals, and get entry counts directly through natural conversation.

Features

  • Create journal entries with rich content and metadata

  • Add attachments (photos, videos, audio, PDFs) to entries

  • Mark entries as starred/important

  • Add location coordinates to entries

  • Enhanced date/time handling with timezone support

Tools (11)

  • NEW

    Read recent journal entries with full metadata

  • create_journal_entry

    Create entries with rich metadata (attachments, location, tags, etc.)

  • create_entry_with_attachments

    Specialized for file attachments (photos, videos, audio, PDFs)

  • create_location_entry

    Specialized for location-aware entries with coordinates

  • read_recent_entries

    NEW: Read recent journal entries with full metadata

  • search_entries

    NEW: Search entries by text content

  • list_journals_from_db

    NEW: List actual journals with statistics

  • get_entry_count_from_db

    NEW: Get real entry counts

  • get_entries_by_date

    NEW: Get "On This Day" entries from previous years

  • list_journals

    Provides guidance about CLI limitations

  • get_entry_count

    Explains CLI counting limitations

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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Claude Desktop

Desktop · Freemium · Proprietary

Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.

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