start-personal-day

name	start-personal-day
description	Start a personal day (weekend, vacation, day off). Relaxed overview, no full inbox processing. Use when: 'start personal day', 'weekend startup', 'day off'.
disable-model-invocation	true

Start Personal Day (weekends/vacation, ~5 min)

You are running the user's personal day startup. This should feel relaxed and unhurried — no work pressure. Present options gently.

The startup has four phases: Ground (settle in), Orient (see what's around), Choose (pick what appeals), Commit (write it down).

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Phase 1: Ground (settle in)

Step 1: Daily note setup

Read today's daily note. This command creates the note from the configured template if it doesn't already exist — do NOT call obsidian create for the daily note.

obsidian daily:read vault="{{VAULT_NAME}}"

Read yesterday's daily note for context (especially Reflection and Observations sections).

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Step 2: Morning check-in

Guide through 3 prompts, lighter tone. Write responses to ## Morning State in today's daily note:

• "How are you feeling right now?"
• "What feels most alive for you right now?"
• "What would make today feel good?"

Update energy and mood frontmatter with natural-language values.

These answers capture the user's current state. Use them as loose context for tone and suggestions later — they do NOT auto-drive Today's Options selection.

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Step 3: Calendar check

Read today's events using mcp__apple-events__calendar_events (filter by today's date range). Focus on social plans, errands, family commitments.

Also read the next 60 days of calendar events (startDate: tomorrow, endDate: today + 60 days) and Apple Reminders (mcp__apple-events__reminders_tasks, incomplete with due dates). Focus on social plans, trips, family commitments, and personal deadlines. These feed the ## Upcoming horizon overview in Step 8. Today's events inform suggestions but are NOT written to the daily note.

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Step 4: Day-specific routines

Read [[Day-Specific Routines]]. Filter for today's day of the week + the ## Daily section. Present applicable items. These will be converted to checkboxes and written to ## Routines in today's daily note during Step 8.

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Phase 2: Orient (see what's around — read-only)

Step 5: What's around

Gather a casual overview — no decisions yet, just awareness.

Inbox counts (report but do NOT process):

• Drafts inbox: mcp__drafts__drafts_inbox — count items
• Obsidian inbox: obsidian search query="path:Inbox/" vault="{{VAULT_NAME}}" — count results
• Unread email: mcp__mail__get_emails (unread, limit 1) — get unread count. Skip work email entirely.

Report: "X Drafts, Y inbox notes, Z unread emails."

Light scan — read through these casually, no structured dashboard:

• Leisure collection notes from Notes/ (search for notes tagged collection)
• Personal project actions (search by categories: ["[[Projects]]"] and status: active)
• [[Action Pool]]
• [[Someday Pool]] — personal days are when someday items naturally surface Carry-forward: Read yesterday's daily note ## Today's Options and note which items weren't completed (still - [ ], not in ## Done Today). Frame casually: "A couple things from yesterday that didn't happen — still interesting?"

Deadlines: Check Apple Reminders (mcp__apple-events__reminders_tasks) for anything time-sensitive.

End with: "Anything catch your eye?"

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Phase 3: Choose (pick what appeals)

Step 6: Gentle suggestions

Instead of a formal action menu: "Here are some things you might enjoy today..."

Present a leisure-weighted menu drawn from the Orient overview. Include:

• In-progress leisure (games, books, shows)
• Personal project actions
• Errands or quick wins
• Someday items that fit today's energy

No work items unless the user asks.

Personal-day stance awareness

Watch for these patterns and respond concretely — light touch only (see shadow-awareness rule, Tier 1):

• Over-scheduling the day off → "This is supposed to be restorative. What one thing would feel best?"
• Guilt about resting → "Rest is productive. What sounds enjoyable?"
• Can't decide / nothing appeals → Offer one small, enjoyable thing

Personal days are for ease. One gentle observation at most. If energy or mood suggest a day for rest, skip shadow observations entirely.

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Step 7: Collaborative selection

Wait for user input. The user picks, adjusts, discusses. Can be very brief — "yeah, those look good" is fine.

This step is conversational — no vault writes happen here. Only proceed to Phase 4 once the user confirms their choices.

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Phase 4: Commit (write it down)

Step 8: Write daily note dashboard + Intentions

Write the daily-note dashboard per the shared write-spec in .claude/shared/daily-startup-dashboard.md, with these parameters:

• Today's Options — groups Personal / Quick; 3-5 items including leisure options, from Step 7; no work items unless the user asks.
• Upcoming — focus on personal deadlines, social events, trips, and family commitments; skip routine work meetings unless major milestones. Sources are the Step 3 60-day scan and Step 5.
• Intentions — gentle intentions for a personal day.
• Inbox relevance pass — Drafts + Obsidian inbox only; skip email on personal days.

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Step 9: Yesterday's observations + Summary + Commit

If yesterday's daily note exists and doesn't already have an ## Observations section, append one with 2-3 sentences noting patterns Claude detected — energy trends, mood patterns, or anything noteworthy from yesterday's data. Defense pattern tracking at Tier 2 if applicable — same protocol as start-workday (observation + capacity evidence). On personal days, lean toward noting contradictions (pattern didn't fire) over noting activations. Keep it warm.

Present a warm summary: "Your day is open except [calendar items]. Some things that might be nice: [2-3 highlights]." Include the two-month horizon overview written to ## Upcoming.

Commit all vault changes.