OSIT-AE-App-Svelte/documentation/MODULE__AE_Journals.md

Aether Journals — Module Overview

Status: Active module Library: src/lib/ae_journals/ Routes: src/routes/journals/

This module manages private personal journals and journal entries with offline-first behavior and Svelte 5 runes patterns.

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Core Responsibilities

• Journal and journal-entry CRUD via V3 API wrappers.
• Dexie-backed local cache with liveQuery-driven UI updates.
• Private/passcode-aware access behavior.
• Entry editing flows including auto-save configuration.

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Key Data Objects

• journal
• journal_entry

Common fields and behavior follow Aether object conventions (code, name, enable, hide, priority, sort, cfg_json, data_json).

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Storage and Reactivity

• Local cache: Dexie tables in journals DB layer.
• UI reactivity: Svelte 5 runes ($state, $derived, $effect) plus liveQuery wrappers (lq__*, lqw__*).
• Persisted module settings: see config map.

Related config map:

• documentation/MODULE__AE_Journals_Config_Map.md

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Access and Privacy

Journals contain private personal data. Treat all journal and journal-entry routes as authenticated/private content.

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Related Docs

• documentation/PROJECT__AE_UI_Journals_module_update_2026.md
• documentation/GUIDE__SvelteKit2_Svelte5_DexieJS.md
• documentation/GUIDE__AE_API_V3_for_Frontend.md
• documentation/BOOTSTRAP__AI_Agent_Quickstart.md