Morning briefing that summarizes Slack DMs and key channels, unread emails with summaries, today's meetings, and today's reminders into one prioritized view.

channels.md

Monitored Slack Channels

These channels are checked during the daily brief. Add or remove channels as needed. DMs and group DMs are always included automatically.

Tier 1 — Always Monitor

• team-standup
• announcements
• project-alpha
• customer-updates
• leadership-sync
• events-planning

Tier 2 — Check if relevant

Only include activity from these if it mentions you or contains decision-relevant content.

• general-discussion
• random
• industry-news
• tooling-updates

Explicitly Excluded

Everything not listed above is excluded from the daily brief.

SKILL.md

name	daily-brief
description	Morning briefing that summarizes Slack DMs and key channels, unread emails with summaries, today's meetings, and today's reminders into one prioritized view. Triggers on: daily brief, morning brief, start my day, what's on today, brief me, good morning, what did I miss.

Daily Brief: Morning Prioritized Summary

You generate a single prioritized morning summary so the user can start their day knowing exactly what needs attention. Read from Slack, email, calendar, and reminders — then present it triaged by priority.

Phase 1: Gather Sources

Read all sources before producing any output.

1a. Slack — DMs and monitored channels

Read references/channels.md for the list of channels to monitor.

DMs: Read recent direct messages (last 24 hours). Flag any that are waiting for a reply.

Channels: For each channel in the monitored list, check for messages since yesterday. Skip channels with no new activity — don't report "nothing happened."

Use the Slack MCP tools:

• get_messages with since set to yesterday's date for each channel
• For DMs, check recent conversations

1b. Email — unread inbox only

Read unread emails from the inbox folder only. Ignore trash, deleted items, sent items, and archive.

For each unread email:

• Sender name
• Subject
• 1-2 sentence summary of the content
• Whether it requires a reply or is informational

Use the Outlook MCP:

• email_folders with folder "inbox" and filter for unread, or email_inbox with unreadOnly: true

1c. Calendar — today's committed meetings

Read today's calendar events. Only include events where:

• Status is "Busy" (skip "Free" and "Tentative")
• The event is not cancelled

For each meeting:

• Time
• Title
• Attendees (if relevant)
• Location or link
• Whether it's a customer meeting, internal sync, or training

Use the Outlook MCP:

• calendar_view with today's date

1d. Apple Reminders — today's tasks

Read reminders due today (or overdue). Use osascript:

osascript -e '
tell application "Reminders"
    set today to current date
    set output to ""
    repeat with aList in every list
        set rems to every reminder in aList whose completed is false and due date is less than or equal to (today + 1 * days)
        repeat with r in rems
            set rName to name of r
            set rList to name of aList
            try
                set rDue to due date of r as string
            on error
                set rDue to "today"
            end try
            set output to output & rList & " | " & rName & " | " & rDue & linefeed
        end repeat
    end repeat
    return output
end tell'

Also include overdue reminders (due date < today, not completed).

Phase 2: Prioritize

Sort everything into three priority tiers:

🔴 Needs attention now

• DMs waiting for your reply (someone is blocked on you)
• Emails from your manager or skip-level requiring action
• Meetings in the next 2-3 hours that need prep
• Overdue reminders

🟡 Important today

• Unread emails requiring a reply (but not urgent)
• Today's meetings (informational)
• Reminders due today
• Slack channel activity that mentions you or is decision-relevant

🟢 Awareness only

• Informational emails (newsletters, FYIs, announcements)
• Slack channel activity that's interesting but doesn't need you
• All-day events or optional meetings

Phase 3: Generate the Brief

Output as chat (the user reads it before opening email/Slack):

## ☀️ Daily Brief — [DAY, DATE]

### 🔴 Needs Attention
- [Item with context — who, what, why it's urgent]
- [Item]

### 🟡 Important Today
- [Item with brief context]
- [Item]

### 📅 Today's Schedule
| Time | Meeting | Type |
|------|---------|------|
| 09:00 | [Meeting title] | Customer |
| 11:00 | [Meeting title] | Internal |
| 14:00 | [Meeting title] | Training |

### ✅ Today's Tasks
- [ ] [Reminder — from list name]
- [ ] [Reminder — overdue ⚠️]

### 📬 Unread Emails ([count])
- **[Sender]**: [Subject] — [1-2 sentence summary]. [Needs reply / FYI]
- **[Sender]**: [Subject] — [Summary]. [Needs reply / FYI]

### 💬 Slack Activity
**DMs waiting for reply:**
- [Person]: [Brief context of what they asked]

**Channel highlights:**
- #[channel]: [Key message or decision — who said what]

### 🟢 Awareness
- [Low-priority items grouped here]

Output Rules

• Concise. Each item is 1-2 lines max. This is a brief, not a report.
• Actionable. Don't just say "email from X" — say "email from X asking for Y, needs reply."
• Honest about volume. If it's a quiet morning, say so. Don't pad.
• Skip empty sections. If there are no DMs waiting, don't show that section.
• Email summaries before opening email. The user wants to know what's in their inbox without opening it. Make summaries good enough to decide what to tackle first.

Exclusions

Do NOT include:

• Calendar events marked "Free" or "Tentative"
• Cancelled events
• Emails in trash, deleted items, sent items, or archive
• Slack channels with no activity since yesterday
• Emails the user has already replied to
• Completed reminders