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Morning brief, Tuesday 13 October (dry run)
Here's your dry run brief for Tuesday 13 October. Nothing is saved anywhere; the drafts are at the bottom for you to check.

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Three things that need you today

Before 10:00, work out a rough go-live date for Northwind's subscriptions and print the shop layout.

Decide whether you can do Brightpath's refresh for $4,000 (down from $4,500) before their 11:00 call.

The Brightpath video call starts the minute the cafe meeting ends, so plan where you'll take it.

Today's calendar

09:00 to 09:30 Team check-in (video)

10:00 to 11:00 Northwind Coffee kickoff, Harbour Street cafe. Bring the shop layout printout and a rough subscriptions go-live date.

11:00 to 11:45 Brightpath Consulting, site refresh (video). No gap after the cafe; they may join 10 minutes late, which gives you a little room.

15:00 to 16:00 Dentist

Email

Needs you today

Brightpath Consulting, Site refresh, budget (2 emails): budget is now $4,000, they want a November start, and they ask if 11:00 is still on.

Northwind Coffee, Tomorrow's kickoff: wants a rough go-live date to tell regulars at the Christmas market.

Reply this week

Bakery, Re: Cake preorders before Christmas: said yes, wants a quote this week, live by 20 November.

Dental clinic, Re: Booking page proposal: wants check-up booking only to start, asks the cost.

Waiting on others

Florist, Thanks: they'll be in touch after Christmas.

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Drafts

1. Brightpath Consulting (reply in "Re: Site refresh, budget")

Hi,

Thanks for the update. Yes, the 11:00 call is still on, and no problem if you're 10 minutes late.

On the budget: [ask: whether you can do the refresh for $4,000, and if so whether it's the full scope or a trimmed one]. [ask: whether a November start works for you]. Happy to go through the details on the call.

2. Northwind Coffee (reply in "Tomorrow's kickoff", worth sending before 10:00)

Hi,

Looking forward to it too. Yes, I'll bring a rough idea of when the subscriptions could go live. When is the Christmas market? That's the date I'll plan back from.

See you at 10:00 at Harbour Street, with the shop layout printout.

How a normal run works

This was a dry run, so I saved nothing. On a normal run with the Gmail connector on, I'll ask "Save these drafts to Gmail?" and, only if you say yes, save each one as a draft reply in its thread for you to check and send yourself. If the connector can't save drafts, I'll say so and leave them here to copy. I never send, forward, archive, delete or label anything.

Say "go ahead" if you're happy for me to offer saving drafts in later runs. For today, copy the drafts above and fill in the [ask: ...] parts.
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The morning brief, a dry run. A dry run on a pasted made-up calendar and eleven emails, with connectors off. Nothing was read from or saved to Gmail.
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Re: Tomorrow's kickoff
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Your business
to Northwind Coffee
Hi,

Looking forward to it too. Yes, I'll bring a rough idea of when the subscriptions could go live. When is the Christmas market? That's the date I'll plan back from.

See you at 10:00 at Harbour Street, with the shop layout printout.
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One of the drafted replies, a dry run. The dry run drafted two replies. On a real run each is saved as a Gmail draft after you say yes, if your connector can save drafts; you send it yourself.

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Morning brief: what needs you today

One page each morning from your inbox and calendar, with the replies that matter drafted. It never sends.

Version 1.1Updated 12 Oct 2026

Included with membership: 10 systems, 21 parts

Membership also includes Launch a one-page site with your AI in an hour and Build a brand kit in an afternoon.

Needs access to: Gmail, Google Calendar
Permissions: Reads your email, drafts email for you to review and reads your calendar
Time to result (our estimate): 10 minutes to set up, 3 minutes a run
Reads: Gmail, Google Calendar
Sends: Drafts only, never sends
Money and deletion: Cannot move money or delete anything
Disconnect: Gmail: Remove the Google connector (for example Gmail) in your AI tool's settings, or revoke access at myaccount.google.com/permissions.Google Calendar: Remove the Google connector (for example Google Calendar) in your AI tool's settings, or revoke access at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

Example

Example session

You
Morning brief, dry run. My connectors aren't on yet, so here's today's calendar and the emails from the last day, pasted.
Your AI
Here's your dry run brief for Tuesday 13 October. Nothing is saved anywhere; the drafts are at the bottom for you to check.
Your AI
This was a dry run, so I saved nothing. On a normal run with the Gmail connector on, I'll ask "Save these drafts to Gmail?" and, only if you say yes, save each one as a draft reply in its thread for you to check and send yourself. If the connector can't save drafts, I'll say so and leave them here to copy.

What comes out

Morning brief, Tuesday 13 October (dry run)Dry run example

Morning brief, Tuesday 13 October (dry run)

Here's your dry run brief for Tuesday 13 October. Nothing is saved anywhere; the drafts are at the bottom for you to check.

Check before you act

"Account security team", Urgent: verify your payment details. Looks like a scam: random sender domain, a 24 hour threat and a request for card details. Don't click anything. If you're unsure, log in to your hosting account directly.
Acme Planner, Your trial ends in 3 days. Asks for a card by Friday. If you started this trial and want to keep it, add the card inside the app, not through the email.

Three things that need you today

Before 10:00, work out a rough go-live date for Northwind's subscriptions and print the shop layout.
Decide whether you can do Brightpath's refresh for $4,000 (down from $4,500) before their 11:00 call.
The Brightpath video call starts the minute the cafe meeting ends, so plan where you'll take it.

Today's calendar

09:00 to 09:30 Team check-in (video)
10:00 to 11:00 Northwind Coffee kickoff, Harbour Street cafe. Bring the shop layout printout and a rough subscriptions go-live date.
11:00 to 11:45 Brightpath Consulting, site refresh (video). No gap after the cafe; they may join 10 minutes late, which gives you a little room.
15:00 to 16:00 Dentist

Email

Needs you today

Brightpath Consulting, Site refresh, budget (2 emails): budget is now $4,000, they want a November start, and they ask if 11:00 is still on.
Northwind Coffee, Tomorrow's kickoff: wants a rough go-live date to tell regulars at the Christmas market.

Reply this week

Bakery, Re: Cake preorders before Christmas: said yes, wants a quote this week, live by 20 November.
Dental clinic, Re: Booking page proposal: wants check-up booking only to start, asks the cost.

Waiting on others

Florist, Thanks: they'll be in touch after Christmas.

FYI

Your bank, Your statement is ready: September statement is in online banking.

Unsubscribe or filter

Design newsletter, Last chance: 40% off our course: arrives every few days, never opened.

Skipped: the weekly "10 hero sections" newsletter.

Drafts

1. Brightpath Consulting (reply in "Re: Site refresh, budget")

Hi,

Thanks for the update. Yes, the 11:00 call is still on, and no problem if you're 10 minutes late.

On the budget: [ask: whether you can do the refresh for $4,000, and if so whether it's the full scope or a trimmed one]. [ask: whether a November start works for you]. Happy to go through the details on the call.

2. Northwind Coffee (reply in "Tomorrow's kickoff", worth sending before 10:00)

Hi,

Looking forward to it too. Yes, I'll bring a rough idea of when the subscriptions could go live. When is the Christmas market? That's the date I'll plan back from.

See you at 10:00 at Harbour Street, with the shop layout printout.

How a normal run works

This was a dry run, so I saved nothing. On a normal run with the Gmail connector on, I'll ask "Save these drafts to Gmail?" and, only if you say yes, save each one as a draft reply in its thread for you to check and send yourself. If the connector can't save drafts, I'll say so and leave them here to copy. I never send, forward, archive, delete or label anything.

Say "go ahead" if you're happy for me to offer saving drafts in later runs. For today, copy the drafts above and fill in the [ask: ...] parts.

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About this item

It is easy to let the inbox decide the day. This skill reads your calendar and the last day of email first, then gives you one page: the three things that need you today, your calendar with conflicts flagged, every email in a clear group, and drafts of the replies that matter.

It reads and drafts. It never sends, archives or deletes anything, and the first run is a dry run that saves nothing at all.

The example is a dry run on a made-up calendar and emails pasted into the chat, with the connectors off. A run with Gmail and Calendar connected is still to come.

What you get

Three things that need you today, at the top
Today's calendar with conflicts and prep flagged
Email in five groups, including senders to unsubscribe from or filter
Reply drafts for everything that needs you today, saved to Gmail when you say yes if your connector can

Good fit

Anyone with a busy inbox who starts the day reacting to email
Founders and freelancers whose clients email at all hours

Not for

Shared team inboxes
Anyone who wants email sent for them

Who it is for

Skill level: Use AI weekly

How to use

How to use it

In Claude

Download the skill zip.
In Claude on the web or the desktop app, open Settings, then Capabilities, and turn on Code execution and file creation. On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner turns this on first.
Open Customize, then Skills. Choose +, then Create skill, then Upload a skill, and pick the zip.

In Claude Code

Download and unzip the skill.
Move the morning-brief folder into your Claude Code skills folder.
macOS and Linux
~/.claude/skills/morning-brief/
Windows
%USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\morning-brief\
Start a new Claude Code session. It loads the skill when the task needs it.

In ChatGPT

Download and unzip the skill.
In ChatGPT, choose New project in the sidebar.
Open Project settings from the project menu and paste SKILL.md from the morning-brief folder into its instructions.
Add the skill's other files (anything in its references or assets folder) to the project. Then chat inside the project.

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Download and unzip the skill.
Move the morning-brief folder into your skills folder.
macOS and Linux
~/.agents/skills/morning-brief/
Windows
%USERPROFILE%\.agents\skills\morning-brief\
Start a new session in your AI tool. It loads the skill when the task needs it.

In Grok

Download the skill zip.
Add the zip in the skills or project settings of Grok.

Trust

What's inside

morning-brief folder
- SKILL.md3.7 KB

File names and sizes only. The files come with membership.

Needs access to

GmailReads and writes
Reads the last day of email and, if the connector can, saves reply drafts when you say yes. Never sends
Google CalendarReads
Reads today's events to find conflicts and what needs preparing

Permissions required

Reads your email
ThroughGmail
Drafts email for you to review
ThroughGmail
Reads your calendar
ThroughGoogle Calendar

Requirements

You bring

Claude with skills turned on, and the Gmail and Google Calendar connectors
About 10 minutes once on the web or the desktop app, to add the skill and connect both

Tested on

VerifiedTested in the last 90 days

Claude Code · Claude Opus 5.512 Oct 2026 · Dry run of skill 1.1 on pasted made-up emails and a pasted calendar only. The connector run is still to do.

Known limitations

It drafts replies. It never sends, archives, deletes, labels or marks anything as read.
Claude's Gmail connector reads attachment names, not what is inside them.
The first run is a dry run that saves nothing, so you can see exactly what it would do.

Questions

How do I set it up?: Once, in Claude on the web or the desktop app, about 10 minutes. 1. Download the skill zip. 2. Open Settings, then Capabilities, and turn on Code execution and file creation. 3. Open Customize, then Skills. Choose +, then Create skill, then Upload a skill, and pick the zip. 4. Open Customize, then Connectors, and connect Gmail and Google Calendar with your Google account. 5. Start a new chat with both connectors on and type "Morning inbox brief, dry run". After that, type "Morning inbox brief" each morning. On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner turns these on first.
Can I use it on my phone?: Yes, once it is set up on the web or the desktop app. Your Google connectors work in the Claude phone app, and you can use the skill there where your plan has skills on the phone. If the phone app does not pick up the skill, make a Claude Project on the web (Projects, then New Project), paste SKILL.md into its project instructions, and start your morning chats in that project from your phone. We have not tested the phone path yet.
Can I use it in ChatGPT?: You can try it as a Project; we have not tested it there. On the ChatGPT website, connect Gmail and Google Calendar at Settings, then Plugins (older versions say Apps). OpenAI lists both for Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise. Then choose New project, open Project settings from the project menu and paste SKILL.md into the instructions. In a chat in that project, ask for your morning inbox brief, adding "dry run" the first time. If ChatGPT offers to send a draft, don't; copy it and send it yourself.
Does it send anything?: No. It drafts replies. When you say yes, it saves them as Gmail drafts if your connector can; if not, the drafts stay in the chat for you to copy. You check each one and press send yourself. It never asks to send. If Claude ever asks you to approve sending an email, say no.
How do I stop it reading my email?: Remove Gmail and Google Calendar where you connected them, at Customize, then Connectors in Claude, or revoke Claude's access in your Google account. It takes about a minute.
Can it run on a schedule?: Not yet. You ask for it each morning. Scheduled runs may come later as an add-on.