Build a 7am daily brief from inbox, calendar, and tasks

A personal agent gathers morning updates from email, calendar, and Todoist and sends one concise brief instead of forcing a full inbox scan.

Done with Custom agent· Intermediate· Jun 2026

What they did
They set up a custom personal agent to run at 7am every day. It checks their email, calendar, and Todoist, then writes a single email with the day’s schedule, tasks, and messages that look like they need a reply. Rather than having them sort through everything manually, the agent packages the useful bits into one note.
How it went
They say it saves “way way too much time.” It is not perfect, though: sometimes it flags junk or tags messages incorrectly. When that happens, they correct it so the system can improve on later runs.
Tips
This works best if you expect to review and fix mistakes from time to time. Treat any draft brief as read-only until you approve changes that would send, delete, or archive anything.

Try it yourself with Dots

Each morning at [7am in my time zone], review my [email], [calendar], and [Todoist]. Create one short briefing that includes: [today’s meetings], [tasks due soon], and [messages that probably need a follow-up from me]. Send the briefing to [email/chat destination]. Do not reply, archive, delete, or submit anything on my behalf yet; first show me the brief and wait for my approval before taking any irreversible action.

Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.

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