Timeline

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name: timeline description: Log dated events and facts to a queryable personal timeline. Use when the user wants to record something that happened (medical events, family moments, milestones) without cluttering the calendar. Not for scheduling — for remembering. metadata: openclaw: triggers: - "log that" - "save to timeline" - "add to timeline" - "record that" - "timeline"

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Timeline Skill

A personal event log for dated facts that don't belong on a calendar.

Use Cases

"Colette had a fever yesterday" → log it

"Started Doxycycline for MRSA" → log it with #medical tag

"First day Noah rode a bike" → log it with #milestone tag

"When did Colette last have a fever?" → search timeline

Commands

Log an event

# Basic
timeline log "Colette had a fever"
With date (defaults to today)
timeline log "Started Doxycycline" --date 2026-02-25
With tags
timeline log "MRSA infection #2, started Doxycycline" --tags medical,andrew
With both
timeline log "Noah's first bike ride" --date 2026-02-20 --tags milestone,noah

Search

# Full-text search
timeline search "fever"
By tag
timeline search --tag medical
By date range
timeline search --from 2026-02-01 --to 2026-02-28
Combined
timeline search "MRSA" --tag medical --from 2026-01-01

List recent

# Last 10 entries (default)
timeline list
Last N entries
timeline list --limit 30
By tag
timeline list --tag family

Storage

Events stored in: {vault}/Timeline.md

Format:

## 2026-02-25
08:30 Colette had a fever #family #medical
21:00 Started Doxycycline for MRSA #medical #andrew
2026-02-20
14:00 Noah's first bike ride without training wheels #milestone #noah

Integration Points

QMD searchable — indexed automatically

Briefings — surface recent entries in morning brief

Heartbeat — could prompt "anything to log?" at end of day

Medical folder — cross-link medical events to Medical/ notes

Implementation

Script: scripts/timeline.sh (or timeline.js)

Dependencies:

Vault path from environment or config

Date parsing (GNU date or node)

Simple grep/ripgrep for search

Future Ideas

Categories with separate files (Medical Timeline, Family Timeline)

Export to CSV/JSON

Stats ("how many fevers this year?")

Reminders ("it's been 6 months since last dentist visit")