desk-journal SKILL.md skillA
desk-journal from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/desk-journal@git:20260717.bb838b0Pins git:20260717.bb838b0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/desk-journal/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260717.bb838b0, committed Jul 17, 2026
- Size
- 2,453 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Write, append, or read desk journal entries. The journal is persistent memory — what survives session boundaries. A good entry has: what was done, current state, next step.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Desk Journal Manage a desk's journal — the persistent memory that survives session boundaries. ## When to use - **End of session:** Write what was done, current state, next step - **Start of session:** Read the journal to pick up where you left off - **Mid-session checkpoint:** Note significant progress or decisions - **Desk wind-down:** Write a final summary when a desk is being closed ## How to write a journal entry Append to `desks/<desk-name>/journal.md`. Each entry is a section: ```markdown ## <date> — <short summary> - **Worked on:** <what was done this session> - **Current state:** <where things stand right now> - **Next step:** <what the next session should pick up> ``` ### Guidelines - **Be specific.** "Worked on security scanning" is useless to the next session. "Scanned repos A, B, C for CWE-502; found 3 findings in A, 0 in B and C; findings triaged to bench" — that's a trail. - **Include what didn't work.** Dead ends are valuable — they prevent the next session from walking the same path. - **Keep it short.** The journal is a trail marker, not a diary. 3-5 lines per entry. If you need more, the important context …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/desk-journal@sha256:9c25843ca8f39e75The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260717.bb838b0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 17, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
github/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hip6gcffzivej57e GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/desk-journal GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9c25843ca8f39e75dcae595af5cd3993db8c6e6b01999d06e9d6738d0e8712f3
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