☀️ Productivity recipe
Morning Briefing AI Routine for Mac
Start your day with one brief: today's calendar with context, the emails that need a reply, and the commitments you still owe.
Who it's for
Busy professionals who want to walk into the day already knowing what matters, without opening five apps first.
What lands in your morning
A single written brief waiting for you at 7:30 AM: today's calendar with a prep note on each meeting, your email split into reply now and can wait, and the commitments you made that are still open.
The exact prompt
Paste this into a new routine.
Write my morning briefing for today in three parts. Start with "Today": every event on my calendar with its time and one line of context or prep for each, flagging the ones that need something from me. Then "Priority email": the messages waiting on me, split into "Reply now" and "Can wait", each with the sender and the ask in one line. Then "Open commitments": the things I said I would do that are still open, with who I owe them to and when they are due. Keep every line short and skimmable, and end there.
Written in English. Paste it exactly as it is.
Schedule
Every day at 7:30 AM
cron: 30 7 * * *
Intelligence
Fast tier
Set per routine to control spend.
Required connectors
Set it up
Running in under a minute.
Step 01
Install Routines
Download the notarized DMG, drag Routines to Applications, and sign in with Google once.
Step 02
Connect Calendar and Gmail
One-click OAuth connects Google Calendar and Gmail, so the brief can read today's events and the mail waiting on you. Tokens stay on your Mac.
Step 03
Pick the Morning Briefing recipe
Open the recipe library and choose Morning Briefing, or paste the example prompt into a new routine.
Step 04
Set the schedule
Keep the default 7:30 AM daily, or change it in plain English like "every weekday at 7am".
Sample output
What a run looks like.
Your morning, June 12
Done- Today: 3 meetings, the 9:30 product sync needs prep.
- Reply now: Sam Rivera (quote), Jordan Lee (launch date). Can wait: Alex Morgan.
- Open commitments: 3 still open, the revised quote is due today.
Saved to your local output history · stays on your Mac
FAQ
Questions about this recipe.
What does the Morning Briefing need connected?
Google Calendar and Gmail, both one-click OAuth. The calendar gives it today's events, Gmail gives it the mail waiting on you, and the open commitments come out of those same threads. Point the routine at your meeting notes and memory too and it will pull commitments from there as well.
What if my Mac is asleep at 7:30 AM?
Routines catches up on wake. When your Mac comes back, it runs the missed briefing retroactively and flags that it ran late, so you never miss it.
Where is the briefing stored?
Every run is saved to a local output record on your Mac, rendered as a card in your history, and it stays there unless you turn on Cloud Sync.
Can I change what the briefing covers?
Yes. Edit the prompt anytime to drop one of the three parts, add another, or change the tone. Changes apply on the next run.
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Run Morning Briefing on your Mac.
Install Routines, paste the prompt, set the schedule. It runs locally and the output stays on your machine.
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