Bookmark Keeper

A productivity toolkit for managing bookmarks, plans, tasks, and reviews — all from the command line with timestamped local logging, tagging, archiving, and weekly review workflows.

Commands

Each command (add, plan, track, etc.) works the same way:

• With arguments: saves the entry with a timestamp to its dedicated .log file and records it in activity history
• Without arguments: displays the 20 most recent entries from that command's log

Data Storage

All data is stored locally in plain-text log files:

~/.local/share/bookmark-keeper/
├── add.log             # Added bookmarks and items
├── plan.log            # Plans and goals
├── track.log           # Progress tracking entries
├── review.log          # Reviews and assessments
├── streak.log          # Streak / consistency records
├── remind.log          # Reminder notes
├── prioritize.log      # Prioritization decisions
├── archive.log         # Archived items
├── tag.log             # Tag and categorization entries
├── timeline.log        # Timeline milestones
├── report.log          # Generated reports
├── weekly-review.log   # Weekly review summaries
└── history.log         # Unified activity log with timestamps

Each entry is stored as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM|<value> for easy parsing and export.

Requirements

• Bash 4.0+ (uses set -euo pipefail)
• Standard UNIX utilities: date, wc, du, grep, head, tail, cat
• No external dependencies or API keys required
• Works offline — all data stays on your machine

When to Use

1. Research link collection — Use add to save URLs with notes as you research a topic, then tag to categorize them and search to find them later
2. Weekly productivity reviews — Run weekly-review every Sunday to summarize what you accomplished, what's pending, and what to focus on next week
3. Goal tracking with streaks — Set goals with plan, track daily progress with track, and celebrate consistency milestones with streak
4. Reading list management — Add articles and resources with add, prioritize what to read next, and archive items once consumed
5. Project milestone tracking — Use timeline to record key milestones, report to generate progress summaries, and remind to set follow-up notes

Examples

Build a bookmark collection

# Add bookmarks with notes
bookmark-keeper add "https://example.com/rust-guide — comprehensive Rust tutorial"
bookmark-keeper add "https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12345 — attention mechanisms survey paper"

# Tag them for organization
bookmark-keeper tag "rust-guide: #programming #rust #tutorial"
bookmark-keeper tag "attention-paper: #ml #research #papers"

# Search later
bookmark-keeper search "rust"

# Prioritize what to read first
bookmark-keeper prioritize "rust-guide — high priority, needed for current project"

Weekly review workflow

# Track daily progress
bookmark-keeper track "completed 3 chapters of Rust book, built first CLI tool"
bookmark-keeper track "reviewed 5 research papers, summarized key findings"

# Record streaks
bookmark-keeper streak "day 14 of daily coding practice"

# Do your weekly review
bookmark-keeper weekly-review "Week 12: finished Rust basics, started async chapter. Read 5 papers. Next week: build REST API in Rust."

# Generate a report
bookmark-keeper report "March progress: 20 bookmarks added, 12 reviewed, 8 archived"

Plan, remind, and archive

# Set a plan
bookmark-keeper plan "Q2 reading goal: 15 technical articles, 3 books"

# Set reminders
bookmark-keeper remind "follow up on ML paper discussion — Friday"

# Record a timeline milestone
bookmark-keeper timeline "2024-04-01: started Rust learning path"

# Archive completed items
bookmark-keeper archive "rust-guide — completed, notes saved to wiki"

# View stats and recent activity
bookmark-keeper stats
bookmark-keeper recent

Export and status

# Export everything as JSON
bookmark-keeper export json

# Export as CSV for spreadsheet analysis
bookmark-keeper export csv

# Health check
bookmark-keeper status

Output

All commands print confirmation to stdout. Data is persisted in ~/.local/share/bookmark-keeper/. Use bookmark-keeper stats for an overview, bookmark-keeper search <term> to find specific entries, or bookmark-keeper export <fmt> to extract all data as JSON, CSV, or plain text.

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