v2.0.1

Fixed

• ESLint configuration now loads under "type": "module" (.eslintrc.js →
  .eslintrc.cjs, corrected extends), and the pre-existing lint errors it
  surfaced are cleared (unused imports; error as any → error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).

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v2.0.0

Why this release

The feelings field on process_thoughts signaled too narrowly. Agents using it interpreted the name as "emotional processing only," so entries that integrated thinking, noticing, and emotional processing landed nowhere clean — and that integrated form is what most journal entries actually are. Renaming the field to reflections with a broadened description gives those entries an obvious home.

A new observations field fills a separate gap: short, one-or-two-sentence noticings ("I noticed X.", "Y keeps coming up.") that don't belong in a longer reflection but are worth searching back for later.

This release also removes the obsolete process_feelings tool. It was hidden from tool discovery in May 2025 when process_thoughts replaced it but its handler was kept "for backwards compatibility." Keeping a hidden tool literally called process_feelings while the schema is broadening away from "feelings" was incoherent, and consistent with the no-alias decision for the field rename.

Breaking changes

• feelings field renamed to reflections on process_thoughts. No alias. Callers sending feelings will be rejected with "At least one thought category must be provided." Existing on-disk markdown files with ## Feelings headers are intentionally untouched and remain searchable via search_journal with sections: ['feelings'].
• process_feelings tool removed. The tool was hidden from tool discovery in May 2025 but its handler was kept for backward compatibility. Now removed. Callers that knew the undocumented name will get "Unknown tool: process_feelings".
• JournalManager.writeEntry removed along with its solely-owned formatEntry helper. The only caller was the dead process_feelings handler.

Added

• observations field on process_thoughts for short, discrete noticings. Routes to the user-global journal alongside reflections. Renders as ## Observations between ## Reflections and ## Project Notes.
• Broadened reflections description covering "integrated thinking — what you noticed, felt, understood, or processed."

Removed

• Dead process_feelings request handler in src/server.ts
• ProcessFeelingsRequest interface in src/types.ts
• JournalManager.writeEntry method and formatEntry helper in src/journal.ts
• Six writeEntry tests in tests/journal.test.ts
• Stale "single process_feelings tool" architecture descriptions in CLAUDE.md

Changed

• process_thoughts tool-level description and search_journal sections filter example updated to use the new field names
• package.json description updated from "process feelings and thoughts" to "private journaling and reflection capability"
• README and CLAUDE.md updated to describe the new field set

Coverage

• Re-homed three test assertions onto the live writeThoughts code path that were previously only exercised through the deleted writeEntry tests: microsecond filename precision, YAML frontmatter line-by-line structure, and same-day filename collision avoidance.

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v1.1.0

What's New

PRIVATE_JOURNAL_PATH environment variable

Override all journal storage to a single directory for containerized deployments:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "private-journal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["github:obra/private-journal-mcp"],
      "env": { "PRIVATE_JOURNAL_PATH": "/data/journals" }
    }
  }
}

Fixes

• Node.js 22+ compatibility — Migrated from CommonJS to ESM, fixing tools/list returning empty due to a CJS/ESM dual-package hazard (#18)
• Server hang on restart — Added 30s timeout to embedding model initialization, preventing indefinite hangs from stale lock files left by interrupted runs (#5)

See CHANGELOG.md for full details.