| name | groove-daily-start |
| description | Start the workday: review yesterday, create today's daily memory, load tasks, prepare agenda. Use when beginning the day. |
| license | MIT |
| allowed-tools | Bash(git:*) Read Write Edit AskUserQuestion |
| metadata | {"author":"andreadellacorte"} |
groove-daily-start
Outcome
The workday is prepared: recent days are reviewed, today's daily memory file is created, tasks are consolidated and presented, and the user knows what to work on.
Acceptance Criteria
- Yesterday's daily memory file is reviewed (summary shown; warn if missing or no end section)
- Today's daily memory file is created with a start-of-day structure (if it does not already exist)
- Task list is loaded and presented (grouped by status)
- User has a clear picture of the day's agenda before starting work
Constraints
- Read
.groove/index.md for tasks.backend and memory.review_days config
- Memory path is always
.groove/memory/
- Call
/groove-utilities-task-analyse to get current task state
- Review recent days: If
.groove/memory/daily/ is empty (no files exist), skip this step entirely and note "Fresh install — no prior logs." Otherwise, identify the last memory.review_days business days (Mon–Fri) counting back from yesterday (skip Saturday and Sunday). For each date:
- Check
.groove/memory/daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md:
✓ YYYY-MM-DD — start + end logged if both start-of-day and end sections exist
~ YYYY-MM-DD — start only, no end logged if only start section present
✗ YYYY-MM-DD — missing if file does not exist
- Show a one-line context from the file if present (e.g. first bullet from "Done today" or plan intent)
- Show git activity: run
git log --oneline --after="YYYY-MM-DD 00:00" --before="YYYY-MM-DD 23:59:59" — display commit count and first few titles; skip silently if not in a git repo or no commits
- Do NOT block start if files are missing or incomplete — just report
- Create new day memory: Create today's file at
.groove/memory/daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md using the template at skills/groove-daily-start/templates/daily-start.md. If the file already exists, skip (idempotent). Create .groove/memory/daily/ if missing.
- After the recent-days review, check for open promises via
/groove-utilities-memory-promises --list:
- If open promises: show inline note:
→ N open promise(s) — run /groove-utilities-memory-promises --list to review
- If none: skip silently
- After the recent-days review, check for open mistake incidents via
/groove-utilities-memory-mistakes --list:
- If open incidents: show inline warning:
⚠ N open incident(s) — resolve at next /groove-work-compound
- If none: skip silently
- Do NOT modify tasks during start
- Present task list in a scannable format before the user begins
- After all standard steps: check if
.groove/hooks/start.md exists
- If it exists: read the
## Actions section and execute each item in order; report completion per item
- If it does not exist: skip silently