AI Journal 🤖

A personal journal to document the experience of building with AI.

🌟 Features

• Visual Feed: A beautiful grid layout to browse entries.
• Markdown Support: Write entries in simple Markdown.
• Custom Theme: Slate Blue & Minty Green aesthetic.
• Lightweight: Built with Vanilla JS and CSS.

🚀 How to Use

Adding a New Entry

1. Create a Markdown File:

   • Go to the journal/ folder.
   • Create a new file, e.g., my-new-entry.md.
   • Write your content using standard Markdown.

2. Register the Entry:

   • Open js/entries.js.
   • Add a new object to the journalEntries array:

     {
         id: 'my-new-entry',
         title: 'My New Entry Title',
         date: '2025-11-23',
         excerpt: 'A short summary of what this entry is about.',
         tags: ['Learning', 'React'],
         file: 'journal/my-new-entry.md',
         image: 'URL_TO_IMAGE' // Or use a local path in assets/
     },

3. Push Changes:

   • Use GitHub Desktop to commit and push your changes.
   • If using GitHub Pages, your site will update automatically!

🎨 Customization

Edit css/styles.css to change the variables at the top of the file if you want to tweak the colors.

:root {
    --accent-mint: #81e6d9; /* Change me! */
}

## 🤖 Automation

I've included a script to automatically update this journal based on your coding activity in other projects.

### Setup
1.  Open `scripts/config.json` and check the `target_repo_path` (it defaults to `../rpg_fitness_app`).
2.  (Optional) Add an API key if you want AI-generated summaries.

### Running the Watcher
To start the 15-minute background check, run:

```bash
./scripts/run_watch.sh

Keep this terminal window open to keep the watcher running.

🚀 Deployment & Daily Workflow

Initial Setup

1. Open GitHub Desktop.
2. Go to File > Add Local Repository.
3. Select this folder: /Users/gabrielyeager/Applications/github_repo_ai_journal.
4. Click Publish repository to send it to GitHub.
5. Enable GitHub Pages:
   • Go to your new repository on GitHub.com.
   • Settings > Pages.
   • Select main branch and / (root) folder.
   • Save! Your journal is now live.

Daily Routine (Agent-Assisted)

1. Code: Work on your projects as usual.
2. Ask: When you're ready for an update, just tell Antigravity: "Check for updates and write a journal entry."
3. Review: I will generate a high-quality, social-media style post for you.
4. Push: Open GitHub Desktop, commit, and push!

Enjoy building!