| name | daily-migrate |
| description | This skill should be used when the user asks to "run daily migration", "migrate tasks", "do morning review", "carry forward tasks", "run daily-migrate", or wants to review yesterday's open tasks and prepare today's or tomorrow's note. Performs bullet-journal-style task migration across recent daily notes. |
Daily Migrate
Migrate incomplete tasks from the last 2 daily notes (yesterday and the day before) into a recorded decision log on today's note, and pre-populate tomorrow's note with carry-forward tasks. Migration is a recorded decision — never silent.
Settings
Read .claude/bulletjournal.local.md (use Read tool). Parse YAML frontmatter:
| Variable | Key | Default |
|---|
DAILY_PATH | daily_path | daily |
TEMPLATES_PATH | templates_path | Templates |
PROJECTS_PATH | projects_path | 10-Projects |
Run /bulletjournal:init to create this file. Use these variables for all path references below.
Vault Layout
Daily notes live at {DAILY_PATH}/YYYY-MM-DD.md. The vault root is the working directory for this session (the Obsidian vault). The daily template lives at {TEMPLATES_PATH}/daily-template.md.
qmd MCP Tool Signatures
Before making any qmd calls, load schemas with:
ToolSearch select:mcp__qmd__get,mcp__qmd__query,mcp__qmd__search
Correct parameter signatures:
mcp__qmd__get → { path: "relative/path.md" }mcp__qmd__query → { query: "text", limit?: number }mcp__qmd__search → { query: "text", limit?: number }
Step-by-Step Procedure
0. Refresh the qmd index
Run in Bash before any searches. The || true ensures a failure does not abort the migration:
qmd update && qmd embed || true
This ensures project notes and daily notes written since the last auto-index are visible to qmd queries in steps 2 and 4.
1. Verify today's note exists
Use Read on daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md (today's date) to confirm the note exists and load it into context. Edit requires a prior Read, so this is the single required read — do not call qmd get for today's note separately.
- If it does not exist: report the missing note and stop. Do not migrate into a void.
2. Locate the last 2 daily notes and fire project-match queries in parallel
Use Glob with pattern daily/YYYY-*.md (current year) to avoid truncation, then sort by name descending and take the 3 most recent (skip today, leaving 2 source notes: yesterday and the day before).
In the same parallel batch, fire mcp__qmd__query for any project keywords already visible from today's note context (e.g. recurring project names). This lets classification (step 4) proceed without extra sequential round trips.
3. Extract incomplete tasks and progress bullets
For each of the 2 source notes, read the file and collect:
- Incomplete tasks: lines matching
- [ ] (not yet done)
- Recent progress: lines tagged with
#progress (inline tag on any bullet, e.g. - Fixed the auth bug #progress)
Skip tasks that are already marked done (- [x], ✅) or cancelled (❌).
4. Classify each incomplete task
For each - [ ] task, determine its category:
| Category | Condition |
|---|
| Carry forward | Still relevant, no matching project note |
| Move to project | Semantically matches an existing #action note in 10-Projects/ — use mcp__qmd__query to find candidates; top result is the suggested project if confidence is reasonable |
| Stale | Appeared in both source notes (yesterday and the day before) with no related #progress bullets (stuck for 2+ days) |
| Informational | Looks like a reference or note, not an actionable task (e.g., URLs, "see X", definitions) |
Run all mcp__qmd__query "<task text>" calls in parallel across all tasks needing project matching. If the top result is an #action note and the title clearly relates to the task, classify as "Move to project."
5. Write into today's note: ### Carried and migration log
Today's note is already in context from step 1. Make two edits:
5a. Populate ### Carried. Insert carry-forward tasks (only tasks classified as "Carry forward" in step 4) under the existing empty ### Carried sub-heading inside ## Tasks. Preserve task text and emoji dates exactly. If ### Carried is missing, add it above ## Progress.
5b. Append the migration decision log as a ## Migration — YYYY-MM-DD section at the bottom of the file:
## Migration — 2026-04-05
Carried forward:
- [ ] Write the spec 📅 2026-04-07
- [ ] Draft weekly email
Suggested for project notes:
- Review PR for PIDGraph → [[PIDGraph MCP]]
Dropped (stale):
- Look into mystery dinner venues
Informational (not migrated):
- https://example.com/reference
Use Edit for both operations — never overwrite the existing note content. The ### Carried section is the reviewable list; the ## Migration — … block is the auditable decision log (what was dropped, what was suggested for projects, etc.).
6. Create or update tomorrow's note
Determine tomorrow's date. Check if daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md (tomorrow) exists.
If it does not exist:
- Read
Templates/daily-template.md
- Substitute all template variables with tomorrow's date values:
{{date:YYYY-MM-DD}}, {{date:dddd, MMMM D, YYYY}}
- Inject a navigation line
<< [[PREV]] | [[NEXT]] >> immediately below the # Weekday, Month D, YYYY heading, using the computed previous-day and next-day dates (format YYYY-MM-DD). The template itself does not contain this line — the skill is the source of truth for nav.
- Add carry-forward tasks under
## Tasks → ### Carried sub-heading
### New is already in the template above ### Carried; leave it as-is for manual task entry- Write the file with Write
If it already exists:
- Append carry-forward tasks under a
### Carried sub-heading inside the existing ## Tasks section
- Use Edit to append — never overwrite
Carry-forward task list: only tasks classified as "Carry forward" in step 4.
7. Print confirmation
Output exactly one line:
Migration recorded → daily/2026-04-05.md
Edge Cases
- Today's note missing: Report and stop. Message:
Today's note not found: daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md — create it first.
- No incomplete tasks found: Append a minimal migration log noting "No open tasks found in the last 2 days." Still create tomorrow's note from template.
- Tomorrow's note already exists: Append under
### Carried, never overwrite.
- Project match ambiguous: Default to "Carry forward" and add a comment in the log:
(possible match: [[Project Name]])
- Task has a due date in the past: Still classify normally — due-date surfacing is handled by the Tasks plugin query blocks, not by migration.
Task Format Reference
Tasks plugin emoji standard used in this vault:
📅 due date⏳ scheduled date🛫 start date✅ done date❌ cancelled
Preserve these emojis exactly when carrying tasks forward. Do not modify task text.
Additional Resources
Templates/daily-template.md — The daily note template used by Obsidian periodic-notes plugin.claude/skills/README.md — Overview of all BuJo skills and how to use them
