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A direct command skips the review prompt. Inspect the source before running it.
Filing rule: When the briefing creates or updates brain pages,
follow skills/_brain-filing-rules.md.
Contract
Every fact in the briefing includes an inline [Source: slug, updated DATE] citation.
Meeting participants are resolved against the brain; gaps are explicitly flagged.
Active deals and action items include deadlines and recency context.
The briefing is read-only: no brain pages are created or modified unless the user explicitly requests it.
Stale alerts surface pages relevant to today's context, not just all stale pages.
Pre-Briefing Context Pull
Run these BEFORE composing the briefing sections. All four pulls are read-only.
0a. Salience scan. Surface pages with high emotional or activity salience:
gbrain salience --days 7
Returns pages ranked by emotional weight and recent activity. Fold the top
5-10 into the briefing under a "High-Salience Pages" section — these are the
entities and topics that are emotionally or operationally hot right now. Use
this to prioritize which meetings/deals/people get the most briefing depth.
0b. Anomaly detection. Surface statistical anomalies in the brain:
gbrain anomalies
Defaults to today against a 30-day baseline; widen with
--lookback-days N or lower the threshold with --sigma 2. Flags cohorts
(by tag, by type) whose activity broke from their normal cadence — sudden
spikes in mentions or pages updating far off their usual rhythm. Add hits to
an "Anomalies" section after the brain pulse.
0c. Personal recall. Check stored personal facts and preferences before
composing:
gbrain recall --query "current priorities and preferences" --json
Use recall to pull personal context — dietary preferences, communication
preferences, prior commitments or promises made. This prevents the briefing
from contradicting things the user has previously stated or decided.
0d. Hot memory pulse (v0.32). Before composing anything else, run:
Fold the result into the briefing under a "Brain pulse" section at the top:
Contradictions resolved overnight — the --supersessions output. Lead
with these because they're new corrections to your model of the world.
Top mentions — top_entities from --rollup (top 5 entity slugs by
fact count in the window).
New facts since last briefing — group the facts array under each
entity from the rollup; include kind, notability, and confidence.
Pending consolidation footer — when pending_consolidation_count > 0,
note N facts await dream-cycle consolidation so the operator can decide
whether to run gbrain dream before reading further.
The --since-last-run flag advances ~/.gbrain/recall-cursors/<source>.json
so the next briefing picks up exactly where this one left off. If you're
running this as a cron job, pass --source <slug> or set GBRAIN_SOURCE
explicitly — cron doesn't start in your repo-root cwd, so dotfile resolution
may miss the right source. Thin-client installs (gbrain init --mcp-only)
route through the remote brain transparently.
Phases
Today's meetings. For each meeting on the calendar:
Search gbrain for each participant by name
Read their pages from gbrain for compiled_truth context
Summarize: who they are, recent timeline, relationship to you
Active deals. List deal pages in gbrain filtered to active status:
Deadlines approaching in the next 7 days
Recent timeline entries (last 7 days)
Time-sensitive threads. Open items from timeline entries:
Items with deadlines in the next 48 hours
Follow-ups that are overdue
Recent changes. Pages updated in the last 24 hours:
What changed and why (read timeline entries from gbrain)
People in play. List person pages in gbrain sorted by recency:
Updated in last 7 days
Have high activity (many recent timeline entries)
Stale alerts. From gbrain health check:
Pages flagged as stale that are relevant to today's meetings
GBrain-Native Context Loading
Before generating any briefing, load context from gbrain systematically.
Before a meeting
For every attendee on the calendar invite:
gbrain search "<attendee name>" -- find their brain page
Read their compiled truth to understand who they are, what they care about, and
your relationship history. This turns a cold reply into an informed one.
Daily briefing queries
Run these queries to populate the briefing sections:
gbrain query "meetings this week" -- recent meeting pages with insights
gbrain query "pending commitments follow-ups" -- open threads and action items
gbrain list --type person --sort updated_desc --limit 10 -- people in play
Output Format
DAILY BRIEFING -- [date]
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MEETINGS TODAY
- [time] [meeting name]
Participants: [name] (slug: people/name, [key context])
ACTIVE DEALS
- [deal name] -- [status], deadline: [date]
Recent: [latest timeline entry]
ACTION ITEMS
- [item] -- due [date], related to [slug]
RECENT CHANGES (24h)
- [slug] -- [what changed]
PEOPLE IN PLAY
- [name] -- [why they're active]
Back-Linking During Briefing
If the briefing creates or updates any brain pages (e.g., new meeting prep
pages, updated entity pages), the back-linking iron law applies: every entity
mentioned must have a back-link from their page. See skills/_brain-filing-rules.md.
Citation in Briefings
When presenting facts from brain pages, include inline citations:
"Jane is CTO of Acme [Source: people/jane-doe, updated 2026-04-01]"
This lets the user trace any claim back to the brain page and assess freshness
Anti-Patterns
Briefing without brain queries. Never generate a briefing from memory alone; always query gbrain for current data.
Uncited facts. Every claim must include [Source: slug, updated DATE]. A fact without a citation is unverifiable.
Stale context presented as current. If a page hasn't been updated in 30+ days, flag the staleness explicitly rather than presenting it as fresh.
Modifying brain pages unprompted. The briefing is read-only by default. Do not create or update pages unless the user explicitly requests it.
Ignoring coverage gaps. When a meeting participant has no brain page, say so. Silence about gaps hides ignorance.