The Problem

You ship code all day. At EOD, someone asks "what did you work on?" and you draw a blank. Standup notes are always stale. Time tracking is tedious. Your best work is invisible.

The Solution

Dailywork Matters reads your Claude Code session logs and Git history, then uses AI to synthesize a single, coherent daily report — focused on outcomes, not operations.

"Implemented authentication flow with OAuth2, fixed 3 race conditions
 in the connection pool, and reviewed PR #142 for the billing team."

Not:

"Edited 47 files. Made 12 commits. Had 6 Claude sessions."

Quick Start

npx dailywork-matters

That's it. Opens on http://localhost:37888.

Configure as MCP Server

Add to your Claude Code config (~/.claude.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dailywork-matters": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["dailywork-matters"]
    }
  }
}

Then ask Claude: "Generate my daily summary"

Features

MCP Tools (6 tools)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | generate_daily_summary | AI-powered summary for any date | | generate_batch_summary | Process a date range (max 3 concurrent) | | get_summary_by_date | Retrieve a stored summary | | list_today_sessions | Show today's Claude Code sessions | | save_summary | Persist a summary as Markdown | | configure_settings | Update configuration via MCP |

Web UI

• Summaries — Browse past summaries with full detail view
• Generate — Trigger generation for any date with live SSE streaming
• Charts — Category distribution, time proportions, 8 chart types with draggable grid
• Settings — Configure API key, models, data sources, schedule

Intelligence

• Dual mode — Works with or without API key. Zero-config mode returns structured data for your MCP host to synthesize; API key mode produces complete Markdown independently.
• Cross-session aggregation — Work spanning multiple sessions on the same topic appears as one merged task.
• Outcome-oriented — Describes what was accomplished, not what operations were performed.
• Streaming parser — Handles large JSONL session files without loading them into memory.

Operations

• Scheduled generation — Configure scheduleTime for automatic daily summaries
• Startup catch-up — Generates missing days on launch (capped at 30)
• Cross-platform — Windows, macOS, Linux
• Single dependency — Only better-sqlite3 at runtime (everything else bundled)

How It Works

┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐
│  Claude Code    │     │   Git History    │
│  Session Logs   │     │   (Commits +     │
│  (.jsonl)       │     │    Diffs)        │
└────────┬────────┘     └────────┬────────┘
         │                       │
         ▼                       ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│         Adapter Layer (Streaming)        │
│   Normalize → NormalizedEvent interface  │
└────────────────────┬────────────────────┘
                     │
                     ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│          Intelligence Engine             │
│  Compress → Window → Merge → Render     │
└────────────────────┬────────────────────┘
                     │
                     ▼
┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐
│  MCP     │   │  Web UI  │   │ Markdown │
│  Tools   │   │ :37888   │   │  Files   │
└──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘

Configuration

Config lives at ~/.dailywork-matters/config.json. Edit via Web UI Settings page or MCP tool.

{
  "ai": {
    "apiKey": "sk-ant-...",
    "baseUrl": null,
    "windowModel": "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
    "mergeModel": "claude-sonnet-4-6-20250514"
  },
  "outputDir": "~/dailywork-matters/summaries",
  "scheduleTime": "18:00",
  "language": "en",
  "gitIdentities": ["[email protected]"],
  "gitRepoScanDirs": ["~/projects"]
}

| Field | Description | Default | |-------|-------------|---------| | ai.apiKey | Anthropic API key (or proxy key) | null (zero-config mode) | | ai.baseUrl | Custom endpoint for proxies | null (uses Anthropic default) | | ai.windowModel | Model for per-window summarization | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | | ai.mergeModel | Model for final merge/synthesis | claude-sonnet-4-6-20250514 | | scheduleTime | Auto-generate time (HH:MM, 24h) | null (disabled) | | language | Summary language (en / zh) | en | | gitIdentities | Filter commits by author | [] (all commits) | | gitRepoScanDirs | Directories to scan for git repos | [] |

Development

git clone https://github.com/highword/dailywork-matters-mcp.git
cd dailywork-matters-mcp
pnpm install

# Backend (HTTP-only, no MCP stdio)
pnpm dev:http

# Frontend (Vite HMR, proxies /api to :37888)
pnpm dev:ui

# Build
pnpm build

# Test
pnpm test

# Lint
pnpm lint

Tech Stack

| Layer | Technology | |-------|-----------| | Runtime | Node.js 22+ | | Server | Hono + @hono/node-server | | MCP | @modelcontextprotocol/sdk v1 | | Database | better-sqlite3 (WAL mode) | | AI | @anthropic-ai/sdk | | Frontend | React 19 + Vite + Tailwind v4 | | Charts | Recharts + react-grid-layout | | Bundle | tsup (server) + Vite (UI) | | Test | Vitest |

Privacy & Data

• 100% local. All data stays on your machine. No telemetry. No cloud sync.
• Session logs are read from your local ~/.claude/projects directory.
• Summaries are stored as plain Markdown files in your configured output directory.
• API key is stored in your local config file and only used to call the AI provider you configure.
• The HTTP server binds to localhost only — not accessible from the network.

Roadmap

• [ ] Calendar view for summaries
• [ ] Cross-day task continuity tracking
• [ ] UI visual redesign
• [ ] Auto-start HTTP on session open
• [ ] More data source adapters (Cursor, VS Code, etc.)

License

MIT