Dayprint
Dayprint User Guide
v2.4.0 Release
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Dayprint your life.

All the pieces of you, coming together.

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Your life, your memories, your evolving digital self.
Product Vision · Core Direction

Build your digital self.

A digital self that grows with you.

You are not just keeping a diary or managing a to-do list. Dayprint helps you record daily reality and gradually assemble an authentic digital extension of your mind and experience.

Brand Philosophy · Narrative

Every piece tells your story.

Every fragment speaks your story.

From a fleeting morning observation to a deeply refined working principle, every note is a footprint of your journey. As time passes, these scattered pieces come together into a complete picture of who you are.

Overview · Storage & Ideas

Your Notes Stay in Your Hands

Most of what we build and learn ends up scattered across Slack discussions, temporary text files, and phone memos. When you actually need them later—for a promotion review, an engineering retrospective, or recalling how you solved a tough bug three months ago—they are almost impossible to find. Dayprint gives you a clean space to capture daily thoughts and syncs them straight to your private GitHub repository as plain Markdown files.

Storage

Direct GitHub Sync

No company databases and no proprietary file formats. Every note, daily receipt, and link is saved as standard Markdown in your private repository.

  • Connects straight to GitHub without middleman servers
  • Your token stays encrypted in your own browser only
  • Open and edit your files anytime in Obsidian or VS Code
Look & Feel

Warm Paper Style

Instead of a harsh white screen, Dayprint uses gentle paper colors, thermal receipt edges, and soft typing sounds that feel comfortable for daily writing.

  • Warm paper background that is easy on the eyes
  • 5 watercolor mood washes for your daily recap
  • Torn-paper edges on daily summary receipts
Organization

Structured Notes

Not all notes carry the same weight. Dayprint helps you organize quick scratchpads into reusable habits, mental models, and principles you work by.

  • Sort notes from quick scratchpads up to key rules
  • Clickable links back to where each idea first started
  • Automatic suggestions for notes discussing related topics
Getting Started · Setup & Demo

Setup & Demo

When you open Dayprint for the first time, you can either connect your private GitHub repository to save your own notes, or jump right into Demo Mode to try everything out.

Welcome Gateway Modal Click to enlarge
Saving Your Notes

Connect Your Private GitHub Repo

Enter your repository name (like username/my-vault) and a GitHub Personal Access Token. Dayprint commits your notes directly with clean revision history.

  • Syncs straight to your GitHub account with verified commits
  • Clicking disconnect removes your token from browser memory
  • No pre-filled mock accounts left behind
Demo Mode Gateway Tab Click to enlarge
Test Drive

Interactive Demo Sandbox

Loads 136 realistic tech and lifestyle notes along with 85 daily receipts dating back to August 1, 2026. A clear banner notes: [Demo Notice: Personal data is not saved in demo mode].

  • 136 realistic notes and 85 daily slips ready to explore
  • Continuous history from August 1 to today without missing days
  • Uses a fictional persona so your own data stays untouched
Workspace · Daily Writing

Tab 1: Daily Canvas & Today's Notes

Your daily thinking desk. Today's Notes opens expanded by default so you can start typing immediately without having to click around. Includes AI STAR polish, timeline zoom, and a handy companion panel.

Daily Canvas View Click to enlarge
Fast Writing

Ready-to-Type Editor & AI Polish

Today's Notes is expanded by default. Type quick thoughts and click 'AI Polish' to automatically structure them into Situation, Task, Action, and Result (STAR) bullet points for your work reviews.

  • Separate Chinese and English tabs that do not overwrite each other
  • Weave Echo brings up past notes from 2-4 weeks ago on related topics
  • Paste long meeting notes to automatically split them into separate cards
Context Panel View Click to enlarge
Companion Panel

Timeline Panel & Mood Wash

The right-hand panel gives you today's timeline, an evening reflection field that syncs with today's receipt, an annual activity heatmap, and an instant 5-color mood picker.

  • Timeline Zoom: Switch between Day, Week, and Month views
  • Click any card to inspect connected [[wikilinks]]
  • Reflection notes update today's thermal receipt in real time
Refining Ideas · Cognitive Ledger

Tab 2: Cognitive Ledger (Memory OS)

The place where you refine and organize your thinking. Instead of keeping all notes in one flat list, you can group them into five clear stages, see your confidence in each rule, and click through to where each idea originated.

Cognitive Ledger View Click to enlarge
Five Levels

From Raw Scratchpads to Principles

Sorts notes from L0 quick thoughts to L1 key wins, L2 workflows, L3 thinking models, and L4 core principles. You can also use AI Distill to turn recent notes into candidate principles.

  • Ranked so cards needing edits or translations float to the top
  • Visible confidence score bar (85% and up green, 70% amber, under 70% red)
Traceability

Source Links Back to Original Notes

Higher-level rules display 'Derived from N notes'. Click the link to jump straight back to the original daily entry where the idea first started, so every rule is grounded in real experience.

  • Click to inspect original notes behind each principle
  • Edit text and topic tags directly on the card without modal dialogs
  • Exports standard frontmatter compatible with Obsidian
Connecting Notes · Knowledge Graph

Tab 3: Knowledge Graph

Notes become much more useful when they link to each other. Explore connections visually through the interactive graph canvas, or switch to the Topology Index to find your most connected hub topics.

Knowledge Graph View Click to enlarge
Visual Map

Interactive Graph & Auto-Link

Related notes cluster together on the screen. Clicking 'Auto-Link Graph' scans your notes and suggests connections between cards discussing similar topics.

  • Smooth zoom, pan, and drag to explore connections
  • Auto-Link suggests connections you might have missed
  • Nodes are color-coded by their note stage
Clean Overview

Topology Index (Most Connected Topics)

If you just want a clean list of which topics are mentioned the most, switch to the Topology Index. It lists your key topics by how many notes connect to them, without cluttering the screen with full paragraphs.

  • Ranked with the most connected notes at the top
  • Clean compact view: type + level + title + connection count
  • Clicking any topic highlights it in the visual map
Daily Recap · Thermal Receipts

Daily Thermal Receipts & 5 Mood Washes

At the end of each day, click 'Life Stubs' to see your notes packaged into a neat paper-style receipt. Demo mode comes preloaded with 85 continuous daily slips starting from August 1, 2026.

Daily Receipt Carousel Click to enlarge
Receipt Details

Torn-Paper Edges & Verified Counts

Every single receipt date matches real notes in your vault. The counter shows '2 ITEMS', '3 ITEMS', etc., with zero empty dates. Includes a physical-style 'ARCHIVED' wax stamp.

  • 85 daily slips from August 1 to today in Demo mode
  • Detailed timestamped breakdown of what happened that day
  • Dedicated box for your daily evening reflection
Mood Palette

The 5 Watercolor Mood Washes

Each day's slip features a watercolor wash dyed across the edges, matching your daily reflection tone:

Terracotta
Energized
Amber
Inspired
Sage
Calm
Fjord
Focused
Twilight
Reflective
Helpful Tools · Practical Use

Career Studio, Weekly Digest & Fast Search

Tools that turn everyday notes into practical career material, weekly recaps, and instant search.

Career Studio Modal Click to enlarge
Career

Career Studio

Pulls together key wins and project highlights into ready-to-use bullet points for your resume and performance reviews.

Weekly Digest Modal Click to enlarge
Retrospective

Weekly Digest

Summarizes how your week went, what you learned, and how your mood shifted from Monday through Sunday in your local timezone.

OmniSearch & Archive Click to enlarge
Search

Search (Command-K) & Archive

Press Command-K to find any note in milliseconds by typing a few words, or browse past notes by year and month.