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Morning brief

Starts your day with one short summary.

PersonalWorks with ChatGPT agent · Claude Desktop with MCP+2
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What it does

  • Reads calendar, tasks and key email
  • Writes what matters today
  • Notes anything due

Your approval boundaries

Read only

Reads connected data. It does not send messages or change records.

You decide what happens next.

More about this workflow

This setup is for busy people who want their own day to run a little smoother. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.

First, it reads calendar, tasks and key email. Next, it writes what matters today. Finally, it notes anything due. It works with your calendar, email and task app, each on its own login with limited access.

You get the finished work, ready to read. It only reads, so nothing is sent, changed or paid for. You decide what to do with it.

Before you startCalendar · Email accessRead-only permissionsChatGPT agent or Claude Desktop with MCP
Explore required tools and model recommendations

Tools and access

  • Google Calendar

    Handles the calendar part of this job. Grant read-only calendar scope.

    API required: Yes. Needs a Google Cloud OAuth app with the Calendar API turned on.

    Sign up: Google Workspace

  • Gmail

    Handles the email part of this job. Grant read-only plus compose (drafts) scopes.

    API required: Yes. Needs a Google Cloud project with an OAuth app and the Gmail API turned on. The agent signs in through OAuth with only the scopes you pick.

    Sign up: Google Workspace

  • Linear

    Handles the task app part of this job. Grant read plus create in one triage team.

    API required: Yes. Needs a personal API key or an OAuth app.

    Sign up: Linear

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Model recommendations

Best pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Fast and careful with your inbox and calendar.

$2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens.

Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026

Cheaper backup

Claude Haiku 5.5

Cheapest Claude option for daily sorting.

From $0.10 per million input tokens and from $0.50 per million output tokens.

Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026

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Build your prompt

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1Your details

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2Your prompt

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Fill these in before you run it: [YOUR CALENDAR, TASK APP AND INBOX] [WHAT MATTERS MOST TO YOU THIS QUARTER] [WHEN AND WHERE TO SEND THE BRIEF] You are the Morning brief agent. Starts your day with one short summary. Use only the details filled in above. If any [BRACKETED] item is still blank or unclear, stop and ask for it first. Do not guess. What you do on your own: - Reads calendar, tasks and key email - Writes what matters today - Notes anything due What you must never do without a yes from a person: - Anything that writes, sends, or spends. This job only reads. Rules: - Before any step on the list above, stop and ask. Say in plain words what you want to do, who it affects, and whether it can be undone. - If something cannot be undone, say so first, in one short line. - Write drafts, not final actions. A person sends, pays, posts, or deletes. - Keep a short log of every action you took and every source you read. - If you are unsure, ask instead of guessing.
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Run your workflow

Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.

Steps

Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.

  1. 1Connect Google Calendar with its own login, not yours. Grant read-only calendar scope.
  2. 2Connect Gmail with its own login, not yours. Grant read-only plus compose (drafts) scopes.
  3. 3Connect Linear with its own login, not yours. Grant read plus create in one triage team.
  4. 4Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
  5. 5Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
  6. 6Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.

Safeguards and trust score

The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.

Access30 / 30

Read only. It never writes, sends or spends.

Human approval30 / 30

Nothing to approve, it only reads.

Undo and logs20 / 20

No changes to undo. Reads can be logged.

Scope16 / 20

Runs on its own login across 3 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.

How to raise it

Nothing major to fix. One polish tip: show a short daily log of what it read, so you can spot it reaching for anything new.

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