Automatically creates or updates WORKLOG/YYYYMMDD.md with session timestamps, file references, and activity summaries.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/log-work && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/4089" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/log-work && rm skill.zip

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Activation

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Log the work segment that you did after the last work log until now in a
72 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Beginner

Key capabilities

  • Create dated work log files
  • Append timestamped work segments
  • Reference related code files
  • Maintain session ID tracking

How it works

It appends a new markdown section with a timestamp to a daily log file, referencing relevant files and session IDs for progressive disclosure.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Concise description of work performed
You get back
Appended markdown entry in WORKLOG/YYYYMMDD.md

When to use log-work

  • Documenting daily progress
  • Referencing changed code files
  • Summarizing completed work for team reporting

About this skill

log-work

  1. create the file WORKLOG/YYYYMMDD.md if it doesn't already exist.
  2. if the file exists, append a new TOP-LEVEL markdown section to it.
  3. When you add a section, follow this format for the section header, so it has HH:MM timestamp followed by suitable concise topic
# 13:45 Added feature xyz

In the log section include a CONCISE set of items such as the following (Not all may apply to all situations, use your judgement):

  • the session_id of the current session
  • any text/md file(s) you CREATED and their purpose
  • any text/md file(s) you READ as part of the current task
  • short description of what you just did, including any results you got
  • which code files were created/changed

When not to use it

  • Exhaustive documentation of every minor change

Limitations

  • Not meant to be exhaustive or super detailed

How it compares

It enforces a concise, reference-based logging structure rather than a free-form narrative journal.

Compared to similar skills

log-work side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
log-work (this skill)18moNo flagsBeginner
obsidian-bases114moReviewIntermediate
video-transcript-downloader42moReviewIntermediate
obsidian-clipper-template-creator36moNo flagsBeginner

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