Who this is for
Anyone who wants to journal but finds typing a blank page at 11pm too much friction to ever actually do it.
The moment this saves you
I mean to journal every night and never do, because typing a blank page at 11pm feels like a chore. So months go by with no record of my own life.
See it work
Messy spoken thought in. A clean, structured artifact out.
Today was kind of a lot. Work was fine but that meeting with the design team ran long and I felt myself getting defensive about the timeline which I don't love, I think I was just tired. The good part was I actually went for a walk at lunch which I never do and it genuinely reset me. I'm a little anxious about the demo on Friday. Honestly I think I need to sleep more, that's the real thread through all of this, everything feels harder when I'm running on six hours.
Journal, June 5, 2026
Today felt like a lot. Work was fine overall, though the design team meeting ran long and I noticed myself getting defensive about the timeline, not something I love seeing in myself. I think tiredness was behind it.
The good part: I actually took a walk at lunch, which I almost never do, and it genuinely reset me.
There's some anxiety about Friday's demo sitting under everything.
The real thread through today is sleep. Everything feels harder on six hours, and I think that's what I most need to fix.
The workflow
Record a voice note
Hit the hotkey and talk, no formatting, no typing.
Tag it with this context
Contextli shapes your words into the structured output above.
Find it later
Everything's searchable and organised by context.
Pull it into Claude or ChatGPT
Bring your contexts straight into your AI tools with the Contextli MCP.
Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
The prompt behind this context
I'm going to talk through my day the way I'd process it in my head. Turn it into a calm, first-person journal entry written in MY voice, not a transcript and not a bulleted summary. Start with a bold "Journal, [today's date]" heading. Keep the entry honest and reflective: tidy my rambling into readable paragraphs, preserve my feelings and the specific moments I mention, and gently surface the main thread or realization if I land on one (I often do near the end). Don't add advice, don't moralize, and don't invent events I didn't mention. Keep it concise, a few short paragraphs. Output only the entry.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Use this context
One tap adds it to your clipboard. Open Contextli and paste to add it.
Next, open Contextli, Contexts, Import, paste.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
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