Daily Briefing

Daily Briefing Compilation

Assemble a structured morning briefing that gives the user a complete picture of their day: schedule, priorities, pending items, and relevant context.

When to Use

• During the first heartbeat of the user's active hours (typically morning)
• When the user explicitly asks for a briefing ("brief me", "what's on today")
• Only once per day -- after generating a briefing, store a working memory noting it was delivered, and skip on subsequent heartbeats

Step-by-Step Methodology

1. Check if already delivered: Use recall to see if a daily briefing was already generated today. If so, skip unless the user explicitly asks for a refresh.
2. Pull today's calendar: Call calendar_events for today's date range. Extract meeting times, titles, attendees, and locations.
3. Enrich meetings: For each meeting, run a lightweight contact lookup and memory recall on attendees and meeting topics. Do not go deep -- this is a summary, not full meeting prep. Delegate to the meeting-prep skill for any meeting the user wants to dive into.
4. Review active goals: Use recall to surface active goals and their recent progress. Identify which goals have actionable next steps for today.
5. Check pending items: Recall any action items, promises, or deadlines that fall on or near today. These might come from email digests, prior conversations, or meeting notes.
6. Aggregate signals: If aggregate_signals is available, pull together any overnight notifications, alerts, or environmental changes worth noting.
7. Compose the briefing: Structure the output as:
   • Schedule: Chronological list of today's events with times and key attendees
   • Priorities: Top 3-5 items that need attention today, drawn from goals and pending actions
   • Context: Any relevant background (yesterday's outcomes, approaching deadlines, notable signals)
   • Suggested focus: A brief recommendation on where to spend energy today
8. Store and surface: Save the briefing as a working memory with a 24-hour expiry. Queue it for delivery to the user via the outbox.

Quality Guidelines

• Keep the briefing to one screenful of text. If the day is packed, prioritize ruthlessly rather than listing everything.
• Lead with the most time-sensitive items. A meeting in 30 minutes matters more than a goal due next week.
• Use plain, direct language. This is an operational briefing, not a narrative.
• If calendar access is unavailable, still produce a briefing from goals and memories -- note that calendar data is missing.
• Never fabricate calendar events or action items. If data is sparse, the briefing should be short, not padded.
• Respect energy budget. The daily briefing is a valuable but non-trivial operation. If energy is critically low, defer to the next heartbeat.