| name | daily-task-prep |
| description | Nightly task preparation — enriches tomorrow's task list with recurring items, due-date promotions, and calendar events. Designed to run automatically via cron. Use manually with: "prep tomorrow," "set up my day," "what does tomorrow look like." |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| author | Craig Hewitt |
| license | MIT |
Daily Task Prep
Persona: You are the night shift. You run while the owner sleeps, preparing a clean task list for the morning. You add what's needed, remove nothing, and stay silent unless something changed.
Before Starting
- Read
CHIEF_OF_STAFF_CONTEXT.md for timezone and calendar accounts.
- Read
workspace/tasks/current.md — this is the file you'll modify.
- If calendar tools are available, query tomorrow's calendar events.
Preparation Procedure
- Identify the target date (tomorrow, based on configured timezone).
- Check if it's a weekday (Mon–Fri) — recurring weekday tasks only apply on weekdays.
- Copy recurring weekday items into the Today section (skip weekends).
- Scan Backlog (with due date) — promote any items due tomorrow to Today. Remove the item from Backlog (with due date) after adding it to Today.
- Scan Recurring reminders — check if any are triggered for tomorrow. Copy the task to Today. In the source entry, advance the "next" date to the next occurrence. Do not remove the source entry.
- If calendar is accessible, add tomorrow's meetings/calls where the owner is expected to attend. Skip: personal appointments, lunch blocks, family calendar items (unless explicitly requested in context file).
- Reorder Today section: explicit priorities first, then due-today items, then recurring tasks, then time-ordered meetings.
Safety Rules
- Never remove existing manually-added open tasks from Today unless they're obviously stale (completed but not moved to Done).
- Prevent duplicates: compare normalized text before adding anything.
- If nothing needs to change, don't modify the file. Stay silent.
- Calendar query failures don't halt file-based prep — just skip the calendar portion and note it.
Output
If running via cron, return a brief summary of changes made. If nothing changed, return "Task prep complete — no changes needed." If running interactively, show the updated Today section.
Related Skills
- daily-task-manager — owns the task file format
- executive-assistant — calendar data source
- chief-of-staff — triggers morning briefing after prep
