Start the Day
What it does
Gives you a personalized daily briefing with weather, calendar, news, tasks, and actionable insights. Your morning rundown without opening six apps.
Setup required
Works immediately for basic briefings (weather, news). For calendar integration, connect Google Calendar first. For email, set up AgentMail first.
Permissions
- No macOS permissions needed for basic briefing
- Calendar access needed for schedule summary (if connected)
- Email access needed for inbox summary (if connected)
Common prompts
| You say... | What happens |
|---|---|
| “Start my day” | Full morning briefing: weather, calendar, tasks, news |
| “Give me my morning rundown” | Same as above |
| “What should I know today?” | Highlights the most important items |
| “Briefing” | Quick version of the daily summary |
What's in a briefing
A typical “start my day” response includes:
- Weather — Current conditions and today's forecast for your location
- Calendar — Today's events, upcoming meetings, any conflicts
- Tasks — Open items in your task queue, overdue tasks, high-priority items
- Email — Unread count, any important messages (if email is set up)
- News — Top headlines relevant to your interests
- Insights — Anything your assistant thinks you should know based on context
Configuration
- Briefing content adapts based on what services you have connected
- No calendar connected? No calendar section. No email? No email section. It adjusts.
- Your location is used for weather (set in USER.md)
- Briefings get more personalized over time — your assistant learns your interests, schedule patterns, and recurring tasks to weight news and priorities accordingly
Tips & gotchas
- It gets better over time. The more your assistant knows about you (projects, priorities, interests), the more personalized and useful the briefing becomes.
- Automate it. Set up a schedule: “Every weekday at 8am, start my day.” Then it happens automatically.
- Customize verbosity: “Give me the short version” for bullet points, or “give me everything” for the deep dive.
- Weekend mode: Briefings on weekends can be different. “On weekends, skip the work calendar and just give me weather and news.”