Morning Briefing Flow

The morning briefing is a daily Telegram message sent to Elmar at 07:15 SAST on weekdays, summarizing the day's schedule and open tasks.

Task Definition

• Task ID: morning-briefing
• Path: /home/lucienne/workspace/tasks/morning-briefing.md
• Schedule: 15 7 * * 1-5 (07:15 SAST, Monday-Friday — 15min after Claude usage reset)
• Timeout: 180 seconds
• Execution: Spawns a Claude Code instance (claude -p) with a structured prompt

Flow Diagram

life_manager.py today-calendar    --> Today's events (Outlook + Google)
life_manager.py week-calendar     --> This week's remaining events
life_manager.py open-tickets      --> Open Life project tickets
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    Claude formats message
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    notify.py sends Telegram DM
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    Elmar reads on phone

Steps

1. Fetch today's calendar: Runs python3 ~/workspace/scripts/life_manager.py today-calendar to get Outlook + Google Calendar events for today
2. Fetch week calendar: Runs python3 ~/workspace/scripts/life_manager.py week-calendar to get remaining events through Friday
3. Fetch open tickets: Runs python3 ~/workspace/scripts/life_manager.py open-tickets to get all open Life project tickets
4. Format message: Claude assembles the briefing:
5. Header: Luci | Morning Briefing -- [Day] [Date]
6. TODAY section: meetings/events with times (Outlook + Google, deduplicated). "No meetings today" if empty.
7. THIS WEEK section: upcoming meetings for the rest of the week, grouped by day. Skips today and empty days.
8. OPEN TICKETS section: high-priority Life tickets (max 5). Omitted if none.
9. Send: Uses notify.py or the notify skill to send as a Telegram DM to Elmar

Related: Life Manager Digest

A companion flow runs twice daily (12:00 + 17:00 SAST):

• Task ID: life-manager-digest
• Schedule: 0 12,17 * * 1-5
• Content: Today's calendar + upcoming Google Tasks reminders (due within 7 days) + open Life tickets by priority (max 10)
• Same delivery mechanism: Telegram DM via notify.py

Data Sources

Key Takeaways

• The morning briefing runs as a scheduler task that spawns Claude Code with a structured prompt
• It merges data from Outlook, Google Calendar, and Mission Control into one concise Telegram message
• The life_manager.py script is the common data fetcher for calendar and ticket data
• Two related flows: morning briefing (08:00) for the day overview, life digest (12:00 + 17:00) for ongoing awareness
• Format is kept concise because Elmar reads it on his phone