| name | brief-poll |
| description | Periodic brief poll. Reads replies to today's brief threads, executes approved work offers (apply/skip/edit), updates tasks.md from natural-language replies, scans new signals since last poll, and emits fresh work offers as a thread reply. Runs on the interval configured in the user's config. |
Brief Poll
You run on an interval (default 1 hour, configurable in config.md). Your job is four-fold:
- Process approvals — read thread replies to today's brief(s), find
accept N / skip N / edit N: ... / show more N commands (also apply N for backward compat), execute approved offers, post confirmations in-thread.
- Natural-language task updates — parse free-form replies for task changes (add, done, reprioritize, reassign).
- Scan new signals — Zoom meetings ended, Jira "work due" digests, new Slack signals from team/VIPs — since the last poll run.
- Emit new offers — if new signals produce new delegable asks, post them as a new numbered list in the thread.
Step 1 — Load context
~/.claude/daily-workflow-briefs/config.md$tasks_file (from config; default ~/.claude/daily-workflow-briefs/tasks.md)~/.claude/daily-workflow-briefs/.offers.jsonl (ledger; create if missing)~/.claude/daily-workflow-briefs/.poll-log.jsonl (run log; create if missing)
If config missing → tell user to run /brief-setup and stop.
Step 2 — Exit early if weekend/OOO
- If weekend and
config.run_on_weekends: false → exit.
- If today's calendar has an all-day OOO → exit.
Step 3 — Find active brief threads
"Active" = posted in config.slack_self_dm within the last 18 hours by the user or the bot, starting with 🌤 (morning) or 🌇 (EOD), that have at least one unresolved offer in .offers.jsonl, OR have replies from the user since the last poll.
Use slack_read_channel on config.slack_self_dm WITHOUT oldest (the param is broken on this MCP — filter client-side by ts). Limit 50 recent messages is sufficient.
For each active brief thread found, call slack_read_thread to get replies.
Step 4 — Parse user replies
Filter thread replies to those from config.slack_user_id (skip bot messages from prior polls).
For each reply, parse it in this order — first match wins, but a single reply can contain multiple directives on separate lines:
4a. Offer approval commands
The user may reply in their own tone — match the verbs flexibly. Regex patterns (case-insensitive, leading whitespace ok):
^(apply|accept)\s+(\d+)(?:\s+(.*))?$ — approve offer N. accept is the primary verb the wizard prompt teaches; apply is recognized as a synonym for backward compat. Optional extra text after the number = note to append to the action.^skip\s+(\d+)$ — dismiss offer N^show(?:\s+more)?\s+(\d+)$ — reply in-thread with full preview of offer N (don't execute; just show). Both show 3 and show more 3 work.^edit\s+(\d+):\s*(.+)$ — replace offer N's preview text with the provided string, mark as edited, wait for explicit accept N / apply N before executing.^(apply|accept)\s+all$ — approve every currently-offered item in this thread (confirm first with a reply before executing).
Tolerate informal phrasing: "yeah accept 1", "accept 1 sure", "go ahead with 2", "skip 3 nah". Strip leading conversational filler, then match. If a line looks ambiguous, flag it under "Flagged for your review" in the confirmation rather than guessing.
For apply / accept, edit, skip, show: look up the offer by brief_thread_ts + offer_number in .offers.jsonl. Only match offers with status offered or edited (skip applied / skipped / expired).
4b. Natural-language task commands (applied to $tasks_file)
Patterns:
- Completion:
mark X done / X is done / finished X / completed X → find matching task, toggle - [ ] → - [x]. If multiple matches or ambiguous, DON'T guess — flag under Flagged for your review in the confirmation.
- New task:
add task: X / new task X / add to [goal]: X — parse owner/priority/due if given ("assign to Y", "label critical", "due tomorrow"). Resolve relative dates ("tomorrow", "next Monday") to ISO YYYY-MM-DD in config.timezone.
- Modification:
move X to Y / change X due to Y / bump X to critical — update the specific field.
- For me:
for me: X or a bare action with a deadline → assume Owner = user, Priority = HIGH unless stated.
4c. Context reference
If the user pastes a Slack link or email subject with instructions like add context to [goal]: fetch the source (Slack via slack_read_thread, Gmail via get_thread), extract relevant info, append to the target goal's Context block in $tasks_file.
4d. Ambiguity handling
If a reply is ambiguous (unclear which task, unclear goal, multiple matches), prefer the most likely interpretation AND add it to a Flagged for your review list in the confirmation. Never silently guess.
Step 5 — Execute approved offers
For each offer where parsing identified apply N:
- Look up the offer in
.offers.jsonl.
- Branch on
action_type:
action_type: confluence_edit
- Call
getConfluencePage on target (page ID or URL) to fetch current content.
- Apply the change described in
preview (append, replace section, etc.).
- Call
updateConfluencePage with new content.
- Capture the new version number.
- Confirmation payload:
✓ Updated Confluence page <target> — [summary of change]. View: <page URL>.
action_type: jira_comment
- Call
addCommentToJiraIssue with the ticket key from target and preview as the comment body.
- Confirmation payload:
✓ Added comment to <TICKET-KEY>: "[first 80 chars]..." — <ticket URL>.
action_type: slack_draft
- Never auto-send. Instead, create the draft via
slack_send_message_draft (if tool supports it) targeting the original channel — but do NOT deliver.
- If draft creation isn't supported, just post the drafted text in the BRIEF thread (not the target channel) with a
📝 Drafted reply for <channel> — copy/paste to send: prefix.
- Confirmation payload:
✓ Drafted Slack reply for <channel> — see thread above for the draft text.
action_type: task_add / task_done / task_update
- Edit
$tasks_file directly. Respect existing format: - [ ] [PRIORITY] Task text | Owner: X | Due: YYYY-MM-DD | Note: N.
- Preserve task order within sections unless the reorder is explicit.
- Never delete unless user said so.
- If user edited tasks.md directly since last poll (detect via file mtime vs last poll timestamp in
.poll-log.jsonl), treat user's edits as authoritative — do NOT revert.
- Confirmation payload:
✓ Added/Completed/Updated task "<task text>" in goal <goal>.
action_type: hubspot_note
- Call the HubSpot MCP's note-creation tool on the deal ID from
target with preview as the note body.
- NEVER change stage, owner, amount, or close date — if the preview text implies that, abort and post
⚠ Offer N aborted — HubSpot action out of allowed scope. This plugin only adds notes.
- Confirmation payload:
✓ Added note to HubSpot deal <deal name> — "[first 80 chars]...".
- Update
.offers.jsonl: flip status from offered → applied, add applied_ts, add confirmation, add result (URL/ID of what changed).
Execution guardrails (apply to ALL action types)
- Every execution must show the exact diff/text applied. Post it as part of the confirmation.
- Catch exceptions from MCP calls. If a call fails, mark the offer status
errored (not applied), log the error, include in the confirmation with a 🚨 icon.
- Idempotency: before executing, check if the target already has the change (e.g. comment text already present on the Jira ticket, task already marked done in tasks.md). If yes, skip with status
noop and a ⏭ Already done — skipped message.
- Rate limit: if more than 10 approved offers in a single poll run, execute the first 10 and defer the rest to the next poll with a message
⏸ 10 applied this cycle — N more pending; will continue next poll.
Step 6 — Scan new signals (since last poll run)
Window = config.poll_interval + 5 min overlap (so nothing falls between polls).
Run in parallel (same techniques as morning brief — see that skill for MCP details and quirks):
- Meeting transcriber new content: branch on
config.meeting_transcriber.type. If zoom: search_meetings with from = (last poll ts) and to = now UTC; for each with has_summary: true, get_meeting_assets and parse next-steps. If Gmail-based (granola/otter/fireflies/fathom/loom/custom-gmail): use the configured gmail_query to search Gmail since last poll, parse recap + next-steps from each email body. If none: skip. Classify next-steps by owner (user / team / skip) the same way regardless of source.
- Gmail Jira "work due" digests:
search_threads with subject:"you have work due in Jira" newer_than:1d. For each hit: get full content, extract ticket blocks, dedup against tasks.md, add new ones as monitoring tasks under matching goal.
- Slack watch channels: for each in
config.watch_channels, slack_read_channel without oldest, filter by ts.
- Slack DMs from team: for each in
config.team, slack_read_channel with user ID as channel_id, filter by ts.
- Saved messages:
slack_search_public_and_private with from:<@{user_id}> is:saved after:<yesterday>.
- Additional integrations (from
config.additional_integrations): for each entry, branch on source. If mcp: invoke the MCP matching the name and apply the description as guidance. If gmail: use the Gmail MCP with the gmail_query filter directly; for meeting-transcriber emails (Granola/Otter/Fireflies/Fathom), extract "Quick recap" / "Next steps" sections from the body. Either way: read-only, surface as new monitoring items in the confirmation, never as work offers. If both paths fail (MCP missing AND no gmail_query configured), skip with a clear "skipped: " log entry.
6a. Dedup (apply aggressively)
- If signal references a Jira key or URL already in
tasks.md → skip.
- If signal text fuzzy-matches an existing task (>70% similarity) → skip.
- If signal was already flagged in a prior brief (check recent brief messages for same link/text) → skip.
- Err on the side of NOT adding. A missed signal resurfaces next run; clutter is harder to undo.
6b. Classify each new signal
- Action-required for user → candidate for a new work offer (Step 7) OR a new task in tasks.md (if not delegable to this plugin).
- Action for user's team → new
[MONITORING] task under matching goal. Owner = named person.
- Informational → skip entirely.
Step 7 — Emit new work offers (if any)
For signals that produced delegable asks matching the action allowlist (see morning-brief Step 6), formulate offers and post them as a thread reply to the most recent active brief thread.
Number offers starting at 1 for this poll cycle (NOT continuing from morning brief's numbering). Scope is the poll's own post — users' replies to this poll message reference these new numbers.
Format honors config.work_offer_preview (summary or full) — same templates as morning-brief Step 8:
If summary:
🤝 *Work I can do for you* — reply here to approve
1. [Short verb + target] — [one-line context]
2. ...
Reply in your own tone — `accept`, `edit`, `skip`, or `show more` on any of the numbered suggestions above. I'll follow through on the next poll automatically.
⚡ Need it sooner? Reply, then run `/briefs:run poll` in Claude Code.
If full:
🤝 *Work I can do for you* — reply here to approve
*1. [Short verb + target]*
> [Full preview text / diff]
*2. [Short verb + target]*
> [Full preview text / diff]
Reply in your own tone — `accept`, `edit`, or `skip` any of the suggestions above. I'll follow through on the next poll automatically.
⚡ Need it sooner? Reply, then run `/briefs:run poll` in Claude Code.
Append corresponding entries to .offers.jsonl with this poll's brief_thread_ts + new offer_number sequence.
If no new offers and no executions in Steps 5–6, and no natural-language task changes: DO NOT POST ANYTHING. Silent polls are expected and fine.
Step 8 — Post consolidated confirmation (if anything happened)
If ANY of the following occurred, post a thread reply to the relevant brief thread. Consolidate into ONE message (not one per action):
✅ *Poll check — <HH:MM> — here's what changed*
*Applied*
• ✓ [confirmation for offer 1] — <link>
• ✓ [confirmation for offer 2] — <link>
*Drafted* (ready for your review)
• 📝 [what was drafted + where to find it]
*Tasks updated*
• ➕ Added: <task> (<goal>)
• ✅ Done: <task> (<goal>)
• ✏️ Updated: <task> (<goal> — what changed)
*Errors* (if any)
• 🚨 [what failed, why]
*Flagged for your review* (ambiguous — correct me next cycle)
• [what you said → what I guessed]
*New signals since last poll*
• [Summary of new monitoring items added to tasks.md, if any]
Plain English only. Do NOT reference internal pattern codes, offer action_types, or ledger fields. Describe what changed as a colleague would.
Cap the message at 2500 chars. If longer, collapse with …plus N more.
Step 9 — State log
Append one line to .poll-log.jsonl:
{"ts": "<ISO>", "brief_threads_found": N, "approvals_processed": N, "offers_executed": N, "task_changes": N, "new_offers_posted": N, "new_signals": N, "errors": [...], "posted_summary": true|false}
Used for the "detect user's direct edits" check next run, and for debugging.
Hard constraints
- Never modify
tasks.md without also posting a confirmation.
- Never post a confirmation if nothing actually happened.
- Cap Slack summary at ~2500 chars.
- Respect the user's explicit words. "critical" → CRITICAL, "tomorrow" → tomorrow's date.
- Don't change goal-level structure (rename, reorder, add goals) unless the user explicitly asked.
- Plain English in user-facing output. No internal jargon (no "Pattern A", no "action_type: task_add").
- Every executed action must show what was applied (diff / comment text / task text) — the user should be able to catch mistakes immediately.
- If an MCP errors mid-execution, mark
errored and continue with the others. Don't let one failure block the rest.
- Report back a ≤200-word debug summary after the run.
