Daily Briefing

Comprehensive morning briefing that combines your schedule, emails, and tasks into an actionable daily plan.

When to Use

• "Plan my day"
• "Give me my morning briefing"
• "What's my day look like?"
• "Help me organize my day"
• "What should I focus on today?"

Requirements

This skill requires icalBuddy for accurate calendar data with recurring events:

brew install ical-buddy

Instructions

Step 1: Gather Data

Run all three data-gathering commands in parallel:

1. Check Calendar (using icalBuddy for recurring events):

TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
icalBuddy -n -iep "title,datetime,location" -df "%Y-%m-%d" -tf "%H:%M" eventsFrom:"$TODAY" to:"$TODAY"

1. Check Email:

osascript .claude/skills/scan-inbox/scripts/scan_inbox.scpt 24 false

1. Check Reminders:

osascript .claude/skills/list-reminders/scripts/list_tasks.scpt

Step 2: Analyze and Synthesize

Cross-reference the data:

• Match calendar events with related tasks
• Identify time blocks for task completion
• Highlight urgent items from email
• Flag scheduling conflicts

Step 3: Generate Briefing

Present in this format:

🌅 Good Morning! Here's Your Day (October 26, 2025)

📅 CALENDAR (0 events)
• No meetings scheduled
• Full day available for focused work

📬 INBOX (38 unread, 24h)
• 0 urgent/actionable items
• Newsletters can be batch-processed later

✅ TASKS (X incomplete)
• Overdue: X items - PRIORITY
• Today: X items
• Total pending: X items

⏰ RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE
• 9:00-12:00: Deep work on [high-priority task]
• 12:00-13:00: Lunch + email triage
• 13:00-16:00: [Task completion]
• 16:00-17:00: Tomorrow prep + inbox zero

💡 FOCUS FOR TODAY
1. [Most important task]
2. [Second priority]
3. [Third priority]

🎯 You have a clear day - make it count!

Step 4: Offer Follow-up

Ask if the user wants to:

• Block time for specific tasks
• Dive deeper into any category
• Create reminders from emails
• Reschedule anything

For examples, see [examples.md](examples.md).