What is work-journal?
work-journal is a Claude Code mod by tomshaw that daily, weekly and monthly reviews of your work in Claude Code, summarized from the prompts you typed: projects, threads, decisions and open items. /journal opens it in a pane, /journal web. It is listed under Context & memory and has 1 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | tomshaw |
| Repository | tomshaw/claude-code-plugins |
| Popularity | 1 GitHub stars |
| Category | Context & memory |
| Security | Review before installing (60/100) |
| Rank | #2,340 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #223 in Context & memory |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-08 |
| Hooks | 3 events |
| Sees | only the events it hooks |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is work-journal safe to install?
work-journal scores 60/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; writes files or config; reads environment variables. It passed 4 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No network access | Pass |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes files or config | Review |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install work-journal?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/tomshaw/claude-code-plugins claude plugin validate ./claude-code-plugins/mods/work-journal
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add tomshaw/claude-code-plugins && claude plugin install work-journal@tomshaw
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs work-journal for you:
Install the "work-journal" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/tomshaw/claude-code-plugins/tree/main/mods/work-journal. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
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