Dabble Me Journal

Name: Dabble Me Journal
Author: parterburn

by parterburnversion 1.0.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry nameio.github.parterburn/dabble-me

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Private journal MCP server to search, analyze, and create Dabble Me entries securely via OAuth.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Search & AI memory

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://dabble.me/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http dabble-me https://dabble.me/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dabble-me": {
      "url": "https://dabble.me/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "dabble-me": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://dabble.me/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://dabble.me/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

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Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

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Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account parterburn, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
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Sign-in with OAuth
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
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Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 7283 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 24% of the other 7283 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 7283 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Dabble Me Journal safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 4 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Context7, Codebase Memory, Exa

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Dabble Me

A private journal over email service.

Dabble Me helps people remember what's happened in their life. Use it as a light-weight journal on a daily, weekly, or even monthly basis...it's up to you! Dabble Me will email you on a time & days you choose - you simply reply to the email to post entries. The app is live at https://dabble.me. This is a great replacement if you had ever used OhLife.

This app utilizes the following 3rd party services:

CloudFlare managed DNS + free SSL support (free for basic service)
Mailgun for Sending & Receiving Email (free for 50k emails per month)
Amazon S3 for Photo Uploads & Storage (free for 1 year)
Google Analytics for traffic stats (free for standard analytics)
Turnstile to prevent bot signups (free).
Sentry to report errors (free)

You will need to setup Mailgun to receive incoming emails and point them to your app to parse.

Scheduled jobs (including hourly email sending) are run by sidekiq-cron inside the Sidekiq worker process. The schedule lives in config/schedule.yml. No external scheduler is required.

Local secrets live in a .env file at the repo root. dotenv-rails loads it in development and test and does not override variables already set in the shell or in CI. Production on Railway uses the same variable names from the host environment. There is no .env file on Railway. rake db:seed creates the admin@dabble.ex account.

1Password Environments can mount that path so the secrets are not stored as plaintext. .1password/environments.toml tells the 1Password Cursor hook to validate the mount.

In the 1Password app, open Developer, then Environments, and create an environment. Import this repo's .env, or add the names from .env.example.
Delete the plaintext .env after the import so 1Password can mount in its place.
Under Connect to, choose Local .env file, select this repo's .env, and mount it.
Keep 1Password unlocked while you boot Rails. The first read of .env asks you to authorize.

Variable names are listed in .env.example. A short version:

MAIN_DOMAIN=yourdomain.com

SECRET_KEY_BASE=1234..1234 DEVISE_SECRET_KEY=1234..1234 SMTP_DOMAIN=post.yourdomain.com MAILGUN_API_KEY=api-key TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY=6Lc6BAAAAAAAAChqRbQZcn_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY=6Lc6BAAAAAAAAKN3DRm6VA_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_4_ID=UA-12345-67 SENTRY_DSN=https://dsn.sentry.io/1234 OPENAI_ACCESS_TOKEN=sk-1234 OPENAI_ORGANIZATION_ID=org-1234 STRIPE_API_KEY=sk_test_1234 STRIPE_SIGNING_SECRET=whsec_1234

Things you may want to rip out

You can opt to not use Turnstile: simply don't add an environment variables for TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY.

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

PRO accounts can use Dabble Me as a remote MCP server so compatible clients (for example Claude) can search, list, analyze, and create journal entries after OAuth.

Requirements: PRO subscription, plus a passkey or two-factor authentication on Account security (/security). Connected OAuth apps can be reviewed and revoked on the same page under Connected apps (shown only when something is connected).

Endpoint: Streamable HTTP at https:// /mcp (see MAIN_DOMAIN in .env). The client should use OAuth: authorization metadata is published under /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server and /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource (see Oauth::MetadataController).

User-facing instructions: Dabble Me MCP Server at /mcp-server on your host.

Deep links for assistants: a single day opens at https:// /entries/YYYY/M/D with unpadded month and day (example: https://dabble.me/entries/2026/4/21). The web compose URL is https:// /write.

For generic remote-connector setup in Claude, see Anthropic’s Get started with custom connectors using remote MCP.

Registry metadata: server.json describes the hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint for the official MCP Registry.

WebMCP / AI-client discovery: public pages advertise /.well-known/webmcp, /mcp/server-card, and /.well-known/ai-catalog.json. In a signed-in browser tab, WebMCP also registers session journal tools (search, list, analyze, open a day, draft an entry without submitting). Search/analyze/draft need PRO. Remote MCP at /mcp still uses OAuth (PRO + passkey or 2FA). For the WebMCP Challenge, put a dedicated PRO demo account (email/password, no 2FA) on the submission form — do not use a real journal.

Automated smoke (curl + [MCP Inspector](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/tools/inspector) CLI): ./script/mcp_inspector_smoke.sh uses RAILS_ENV=test, starts a short-lived Rails server, checks OAuth metadata and /mcp, then runs Inspector against all five tools (tools/list exercises initialize + connect). Aligns with Anthropic’s Testing your connector guidance.

Tests

There is healthy coverage of the app, which you can run with:

rake

Administration Portal

The Admin emails are accounts that have access to the Admin Dropdown in the navbar (lock icon) that give you details into the number of entries and users in the system.

Inspirations and Importers

If you want random bits of inspiration, you can load up different quotes in the Inspiration table to be shown above the New Posts page and at the bottom of emails. Import sources are tagged via Inspiration categories — seed OhLife / Ahhlife / Day One / Trailmix rows (see db/seeds.rb), or the Day One importer will create its category on first use.

Inspiration.create(category: 'OhLife', body: 'Imported from OhLife')

Inspiration.create(category: 'Day One', body: 'Imported from Day One')

PRO users can import from OhLife (text + photo ZIP), Day One (JSON ZIP export), Ahhlife (JSON paste), and Trailmix.life (JSON upload) at /entries/import.

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Current features:

Read past entries by month/year
Create new entries with simple formatting
Importers: OhLife, Day One, Ahhlife, Trailmix.life
Email: Reply-to-post new entries on days of the week you choose (with random past entries embedded)
Associate 1 image to a specific entry
Search with basic analytics around posting
Hashtag support for tagging your entries
Year in Review
MCP (PRO): OAuth-backed journal tools for external clients

Dabble Me Journal

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

Dabble Me

A private journal over email service.

Things you may want to rip out

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Tests

Administration Portal

Inspirations and Importers