Monday

Monday Morning

Combined flow for starting the week. Creates the week folder (if needed), pulls carry-forward, and generates a briefing in one pass.

When to Use

• Monday mornings (primary use case)
• Any time you need both folder setup and briefing
• If folder already exists, skips creation and just generates briefing

For folder-only setup: use /new-week For briefing-only (mid-week): use /week-prep

Steps

1. Calculate week info

From today's date, determine:

• ISO week number
• Monday's date for folder name (format: mm-dd)
• Date range for report title (e.g., "Jan 6 - Jan 10")
• Previous week's folder path

2. Check if week folder exists

• Look for YYYY/w##-mm-dd/
• If exists: note "Week folder already exists, skipping creation"
• If not: create the folder

3. Read previous week's report (ONCE)

This is the efficiency gain: read it once, extract everything needed.

• Find previous week's report in YYYY/w##-mm-dd/weekly-report-*.md
• Extract:
  • Unchecked items from "Carry Forward" section
  • Unchecked items from "Time Blocks" section
  • Projects mentioned in frontmatter projects field
• Store these for use in steps 4 and 7

4. Create weekly report (if folder was new)

Use this structure, pre-populating carry-forward from step 3:

---
type: weekly
week: w##
projects: [from previous week]
---
# W##: Date Range

## Tasks Due This Week

```tasks
not done
due after YYYY-MM-DD (Sunday before week starts)
due before YYYY-MM-DD (Saturday after week ends)
short mode

Time Blocks

One deep work block per day. That's the win.

Mon

• [ ]

Tue

• [ ]

Wed

• [ ]

Thu

• [ ]

Fri

• [ ]

Focus

Log

Decisions Made

Friday Wrap-Up

Wins

Blockers

Slack Decisions

Carry Forward

[items from previous week's carry-forward and incomplete time blocks]

<!-- TODO: customize - Adjust sections to match your weekly report template -->

### 5. Pull calendar for the week

- Use `mcp__gworkspace-mcp__calendar_events`
- Time range: Monday through Friday (natural language dates)
- Group by day
- Note meeting-free blocks of 2+ hours for deep work windows

### 6. Check project health (efficient pattern)

Instead of reading all project files:
1. Read `projects/index.md` first (contains summary of project status)
2. Only read individual project files if they appear overdue or blocked in the index
3. Flag projects where `next_review` is past or this week

<!-- TODO: customize - Adjust project index path if your vault uses a different structure -->

### 7. Check Slack (optional)

- Use `mcp__playground-slack-mcp__get_messages` with action: `my_messages`
- Last 48 hours
- Flag items needing response
- Skip gracefully if MCP unavailable

### 8. Output the briefing

Combine all gathered context into one scannable output:

```markdown
## Monday Setup Complete

**Week folder:** `YYYY/w##-mm-dd/` [created / already existed]
**Weekly report:** [created with X carry-forward items / already existed]

---

## Week Prep: W## (Mon [date] - Fri [date])

### Calendar at a Glance

| Day | Events |
|-----|--------|
| Mon | [events] |
| Tue | [events] |
| Wed | [events] |
| Thu | [events] |
| Fri | [events] |

### Deep Work Windows

Based on your calendar:
- **[Day]**: [time range] ([duration])

### Carry Forward

From last week:
- [ ] Item 1
- [ ] Item 2

### Projects Needing Attention

- **[[project]]**: Review overdue by X days
- **[[project]]**: Status is `blocked`

### Slack Check

- X mentions in last 48h
- [Notable items if any]

Notes

• Calendar uses natural language dates: "Monday January 13 12:00am" (not ISO timestamps, which fail silently)
• If calendar or Slack MCPs fail, skip those sections and note the skip
• Keep output scannable: structure over prose
• The weekly report is the only file written; briefing is output only
• Tasks query date math: due after Sunday, due before Saturday (captures Mon-Fri)