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Brain Dump

Journalbuilt-in

Four-prompt brain dump to get everything out of your head and into buckets: act, defer, or ignore.

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WHAT IT DOES

  • —What's on your mind
  • —What's actionable
  • —What to defer
  • —What to ignore

TRIGGERS

dumpdump list / dump history

DATA

local only
// ~/.clyde/journal/dump.json
[
  {
    "date": "2026-03-06T09:14:00Z",
    "template": "dump",
    "fields": {
      "on_mind": "Onboarding, registry PR, team offsite, dentist appt",
      "actionable": "Merge registry PR, book dentist",
      "defer": "Team offsite planning—next week",
      "ignore": "Rewriting the CLI tool—not a priority"
    }
  }
]

Entries are stored as JSON files at ~/.clyde/journal/<template>.json—one file per template, array of entries with date and field values. Nothing is sent to a server. No account required.

This is a built-in Clyde command. No installation required—it ships with every copy of the app.