with solstone connected, Claude can work from your journal: the people, projects and conversations in it.
before you start
- the solstone journal, up to date, running on your computer (mac, windows or linux)
- a way for Claude to reach your journal: solstone.me, a paid service sol pbc runs, which you turn on in the agents app and approve in the services portal, or your own domain (see the last section). Claude Code on the same computer as your journal needs neither
- a Claude plan that allows connectors
connect
in your journal, open the agents app, choose connect an agent and make a pairing code there. pick Claude in the same dialog to see what to do next, or Claude Code if it runs on the same computer as your journal.
Claude then opens a page from your journal. you enter the pairing code and choose what Claude may see: your whole journal or only the facets you choose, and which kinds of material.
once it's connected, ask Claude something your journal holds, like "who is Dana to me?" or "catch me up on this week."
what Claude can see and do
Claude sees what you chose, plus the notes it saves itself. it can search your journal, read an entry or transcript, look up people and projects, and save its own notes to your journal. every request Claude makes shows up in your journal's agents app under activity. with journal 2.0.67 or later, the agents app also shows what each agent has saved, and you can delete any of it there.
how long it lasts, and how to stop it
with journal 2.0.67 or later, a connection stays on while Claude is using your journal. if Claude goes a while without using it (the agents app says how long on each connection's page), the connection pauses instead of ending. a paused connection stays connected, with what it may see, but Claude can't read your journal until you resume it from its page in the agents app. you don't need a new pairing code. with an earlier journal, a connection ends after a limited time instead, and you connect again with a new pairing code.
to change or stop it at any time, open agents in your journal. you can change what Claude may see, or disconnect it. with journal 2.0.67 or later you can also pause it and resume it later, and if you set Claude up again, connect it again from its page with a new pairing code and it keeps the notes it saved.
using your own domain instead of solstone.me
if you reach your journal through your own domain, the agents app shows what that route needs and how to set it up.