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- Remove docs/WorkflowJournal.md from version control - Add docs/WorkflowJournal.md to .gitignore - Create docs/WorkflowJournal.example.md as template for contributors Personal workflow journals contain project-specific decisions and learnings that aren't relevant to the open source project. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Personal workflow
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# Workflow Journal (Template)
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Copy this file to `WorkflowJournal.md` to start your personal workflow journal.
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The `WorkflowJournal.md` file is gitignored and will not be committed.
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**Purpose:** Real-time capture of manual, repetitive, and noteworthy actions during development. This feeds back into improving workflows and identifying automation opportunities.
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## How to Use This Journal
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Add entries when:
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- **[MANUAL]** - Did something by hand that could be automated
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- **[REPETITIVE]** - Did something we've done before in other projects
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- **[FRICTION]** - Hit a snag, workaround, or unexpected complexity
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- **[INSIGHT]** - Learned something worth remembering
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- **[DECISION]** - Made a choice between alternatives (capture the why)
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Format:
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```markdown
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### YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM - [TAG] Short title
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**Context:** What were you trying to do?
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**Action:** What did you actually do?
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**Time spent:** Estimate
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**Automation opportunity:** None | Low | Medium | High
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**Notes:** Any additional context
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```
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## Journal Entries
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<!-- Add your entries below -->
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### YYYY-MM-DD - [TAG] Example entry
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**Context:** What were you trying to do?
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**Action:** What did you actually do?
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**Time spent:** X minutes
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**Automation opportunity:** None | Low | Medium | High
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**Notes:** Any additional context
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## Pending Entries
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*Add items here during development, then format them properly:*
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- [ ] Item 1
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- [ ] Item 2
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## Summary Statistics
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*Updated periodically:*
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| Tag | Count | Total Time | High Automation |
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|-----|-------|------------|-----------------|
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| MANUAL | 0 | - | - |
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| REPETITIVE | 0 | - | - |
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| FRICTION | 0 | - | - |
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| INSIGHT | 0 | - | - |
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| DECISION | 0 | - | - |
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## Patterns Emerging
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*Observations that might inform future work:*
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1. ...
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*Last updated: YYYY-MM-DD*

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