Briefing

Update Cockpit/Daily-Briefing.md with current priorities. This is {SYSTEM_NAME}'s primary daily workflow.

Step 0: Day-Aware Actions

Check today's date and trigger appropriate actions:

Monday extras:

• •Read Cockpit/This-Week.md and surface top 3 priorities for the week
• •Check previous week's items that weren't completed
• •Include in briefing: "WEEK FOCUS: [top 3 from This-Week.md]"

Friday prompt (don't auto-run):

It's Friday - time for weekly review?
Run `/weekly-review` to reflect on the week and plan next week.

Hygiene/Triage prompts (don't auto-run):

You have {n} overdue tasks. Consider running `/triage` to clear the backlog.

First of the month - run `/hygiene` to archive stale projects?

Step 1: Context Scan (Memory)

1. •Read Cockpit/Session-Log.md - check what happened last session
2. •Read Cockpit/Chief-of-Staff.md - get watch folders and priorities
3. •Check Inbox folder: Count items in Inbox/ (excluding README.md) - surface in briefing if non-empty
4. •Scan watch folders RECURSIVELY for files modified in last 7 days (exclude paths containing _archive or Archive)
   • •Projects/
   • •Clients/
   • •Cockpit/
5. •Check git status for staged/modified files across the vault
6. •Read Cockpit/Pending-Decisions.md for outstanding decisions
7. •For each hot project detected:
   • •READ its README.md (or main status file) - don't just note it exists
   • •Check README timestamp vs latest file modifications in that folder
   • •If README timestamp is older than recent changes, README is stale - update it
   • •Extract actual status: What's done? What's next? Any deadlines?
   • •Only THEN decide if it belongs in TODAY, HOT, or just CHANGED
8. •Update Chief-of-Staff.md "Hot Projects" section based on understood status (not just activity)

Step 2: Sync External Systems

1. •Pull tasks from TickTick using ticktick package:
   • •ticktick_get_all(search: "tasks") - get all tasks
   • •ticktick_filter_tasks(filter_criteria: {due_end_date: "TODAY"}) - tasks due today
2. •Check for overdue tasks: ticktick_filter_tasks(filter_criteria: {due_end_date: "YESTERDAY"})
3. •Find tagged tasks: Use ticktick package with native tag filtering:
   code

   ticktick_filter_tasks(filter_criteria: {tag_label: "{SYSTEM_NAME_LOWER}"})
   

   This returns all tasks tagged for autonomous execution directly - no parsing needed.
4. •Scan Gmail last 24h for urgent items:
   • •Use gmail__search_emails with query: "is:inbox newer_than:1d"
   • •Look for actionable items: questions, requests, deadlines mentioned
   • •Exclude newsletters, automated emails, system notifications
   • •Focus on personalized business emails requiring action
5. •Update Cockpit/This-Week.md if priorities changed

Step 3: Build Daily Briefing

VERIFICATION RULES (prevent false urgency):

• •Never assume dates. File activity does NOT equal "due today." Only put items in TODAY if there's an explicit date/deadline in TickTick or the file content.
• •Distinguish "active" from "urgent." Recently modified files go in CHANGED/HOT, not TODAY.
• •Read before assuming. If a folder says "interview prep," check if it's prep FOR an upcoming interview or materials FROM a past one.
• •Never claim zero results with confidence. If a search returns nothing, say "search returned nothing (may have failed)" not "there are none."

1. •Identify today's top 3 focus items (max 5) - only items with confirmed dates
2. •List items that are slipping/overdue with days count
3. •List files changed since last session
4. •Surface tasks the AI can handle autonomously (especially tagged tasks)
5. •Update Cockpit/Daily-Briefing.md

Step 4: Present Summary

Format the briefing as:

TODAY: [3 items max]
SLIPPING: [overdue items with days count]
INBOX: [X items need filing. Run `/inbox-file` to process.] (only if non-empty)
CHANGED: [files/folders modified since last session]
HOT: [active projects from git/file activity]
I CAN DO: [actionable offers - max 5]

Keep it scannable in 30 seconds. Ruthless prioritization - max 5 focus items.

Step 5: Open in Obsidian

Open in Obsidian using URI scheme:

open "obsidian://open?vault={VAULT_NAME}&file=Cockpit/Daily-Briefing.md"

Step 6: Update Session Log

1. •Append new entry to Cockpit/Session-Log.md
2. •Include: timestamp, tasks synced count, notable files detected, actions taken
3. •Keep entries brief (3-5 bullet points max)
4. •Update "Last scanned" timestamp in Chief-of-Staff.md