Feature Request: CLI tool for terminal-based access to Dayflow data

[ardaaltinors]

Hey! First off, love using Dayflow. The timeline + AI analysis combo is genuinely one of those "how did I live without this" tools.

That said, I keep running into moments where I wish I could pull data out of Dayflow without reaching for my mouse. I spend most of my day in the terminal, and having a dayflow CLI would be a game-changer for my workflow. Here's what I'm imagining:

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What Would This Unlock?

1. Pipe your day into Obsidian (or any note system)

dayflow today --format md >> ~/Obsidian/Daily/2026-04-09.md

This alone would save me a daily copy-paste ritual. Timeline cards, focus stats, category breakdown flowing straight into your daily note, automatically.

2. Morning intentions from the terminal

dayflow journal --intentions "Ship auth module" "Review PRs" "Write migration docs"

Set your intentions right where you're already working. No context switch needed.

3. Standup ready to paste

dayflow standup | pbcopy

Monday morning standup? Just run the command and paste into Slack.

4. Quick stats without opening the app

$ dayflow stats today

Coding        3h 42m  ████████████░░  62%
PR Review       45m  ███░░░░░░░░░░░  12%
Meetings        30m  ██░░░░░░░░░░░░   8%
Idle          1h 03m  ████░░░░░░░░░░  18%

A glanceable productivity check, right in your terminal.

5. Focus & distraction insights

dayflow focus today
dayflow distractions --top 5 --last 7d

6. Automation-friendly output

Since the CLI would support --format json, you could build all sorts of things:

# Cron job: nightly journal summary
0 23 * * * dayflow journal --summary >> ~/logs/dayflow.log

# Alert if focus time is low
[ $(dayflow stats today --category Coding --minutes) -lt 240 ] && \\
  osascript -e 'display notification "Low focus today!" with title "Dayflow"'

# Weekly report via email
dayflow weekly --format md | mail -s "My Week" me@example.com

7. Search your history

dayflow search "database migration" --last 30d
dayflow apps --top 10 --last 7d

8. Chat from the terminal

The dashboard chat feature is already great, surfacing it as a CLI command feels natural:

dayflow chat "What did I spend most time on this week?"

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Why This Matters

Dayflow already captures an incredibly rich picture of how someone spends their day. A CLI would make that data composable, letting power users plug it into their existing workflows (Obsidian, cron jobs, shell scripts, Raycast, Alfred, etc.) instead of it living only inside the app window.

It would also make Dayflow more visible to the developer community. A CLI is the kind of thing people share in dotfiles, tweet about, and recommend in "tools I use" posts.

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Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Happy to help prototype if you're open to it

[JerryZLiu]

Working on this! Will be coming soon!

[JerryZLiu]

The Dayflow CLI and MCP support are finally out now — sorry for the delay, and thanks for the detailed request and your patience!