- #006 (high, data loss): make_room_for() no longer deletes unkept artifacts on a doomed request - checks whether eviction can possibly succeed before deleting anything. Also fixed a related latent bug found while testing: the function returned evicted Artifact objects after calling .delete() on them, so their .id was always None (Django clears pk on delete); now returns ids captured beforehand. - #003: added server-side field-length validation (source/title/ source_name/source_id/theme) on POST and PATCH, matching the model's own max_length limits, which were previously unenforced on the ingest path entirely. - #004: ported daybook_post.py's content-shape validation (html_fragment/html_full/deck/markdown) to the server, closing the gap for any client that doesn't go through the helper script. - #005: PATCH now rejects wrong-typed `tags` (previously silently wiped existing tags) and rejects immutable fields (content/source/kind/day) with 400 instead of silently no-op'ing them. - #002: deleted the misleading skills/daybook-posting/.env.example (a zero-dependency script that never reads .env files) and clarified SKILL.md/docs/llm_posting_helper.md that these must be real process/shell env vars. Adds tests/unit/ for storage-layer tests. 46 tests passing (was 25). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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LLM Posting Helper
Agents should publish to Daybook with skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py instead of hand-building HTTP, JSON, curl, or PowerShell multipart requests.
The project also keeps scripts/daybook_post.py as a compatibility wrapper.
The helper is intentionally zero-dependency and uses only Python's standard library. It works on Windows and Linux.
Configuration
Set these as real process/shell environment variables — the helper reads
os.environ directly and has no .env file support. Copying values into a
.env file in the working directory does nothing; export/$env:/set
them, or set them in your agent harness's own env config.
DAYBOOK_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8001
DAYBOOK_TOKEN=your-personal-api-token
DAYBOOK_SOURCE=agent
DAYBOOK_TOKEN is a personal per-user token, from Settings → Account in the app — not a token shared across users. Override these per environment.
Commands
Check the instance:
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --check
Post Markdown from a file:
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --kind markdown --title "Build Report" --content-file report.md --tags build,report
Post Markdown from stdin:
cat report.md | python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --kind markdown --title "Build Report"
Post a deck:
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --kind deck --title "Deployment Plan" --content-file deck.html
deck.html must contain top-level <section>...</section> blocks.
Post an image/PDF/binary file:
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --file diagram.svg --title "Architecture Diagram"
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --file report.pdf --title "Generated Report"
Render CSV/JSON/code as Markdown today:
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --file results.csv --as-markdown --title "Results CSV"
Dry run:
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --kind markdown --title "Draft" --content-file report.md --dry-run
The artifact URL is printed as the final stdout line.
Validation Guardrails
The helper validates common LLM mistakes before sending:
| Kind/input | Validation |
|---|---|
deck |
Must contain <section. |
html_fragment |
Must not contain <!doctype, <html, or <body. |
html_full |
Must contain <!doctype and <html. |
markdown |
Must not be blank. |
.svg upload |
Forces image/svg+xml. |
.pdf upload |
Forces application/pdf. |
Metadata
Use repeatable --meta key=value flags:
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py \
--kind markdown \
--title "Run Summary" \
--content-file summary.md \
--meta run_id=run-001 \
--meta model=gpt-5.5
Or pass a JSON object:
python skills/daybook-posting/scripts/daybook_post.py --kind markdown --title "Run Summary" --content-file summary.md --meta-json '{"run_id":"run-001"}'
Skill Wrapper
A thin LLM-facing wrapper lives at:
skills/daybook-posting/SKILL.md
Its key instruction is: do not hand-build requests; use scripts/daybook_post.py.