daily-briefing

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summary

Prioritized daily sales briefing that works standalone or supercharged with calendar, CRM, and email integrations.

  • Operates in standalone mode when you describe your meetings and deals, or auto-pulls data from connected calendar, CRM, email, and enrichment tools
  • Generates a scannable 2-minute briefing with #1 priority, today's numbers, meetings with prep notes, pipeline alerts, and email priorities
  • Includes quick mode for abbreviated summaries and end-of-day mode to track completed m
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Daily Sales Briefing

Get a clear view of what matters most today. This skill works with whatever you tell me, and gets richer when you connect your tools.

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      DAILY BRIEFING                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  ALWAYS (works standalone)                                       │
│  ✓ You tell me: today's meetings, key deals, priorities         │
│  ✓ I organize: prioritized action plan for your day             │
│  ✓ Output: scannable 2-minute briefing                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  SUPERCHARGED (when you connect your tools)                      │
│  + Calendar: auto-pull today's meetings with attendees          │
│  + CRM: pipeline alerts, tasks, deal health                     │
│  + Email: unread from key accounts, waiting on replies          │
│  + Enrichment: overnight signals on your accounts               │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Getting Started

When you run this skill, I'll ask for what I need:

If no calendar connected:

"What meetings do you have today? (Just paste your calendar or list them)"

If no CRM connected:

"What deals are you focused on this week? Any that need attention?"

If you have connectors: I'll pull everything automatically and just show you the briefing.


Connectors (Optional)

Connect your tools to supercharge this skill:

Connector What It Adds
Calendar Today's meetings with attendees, times, and context
CRM Open pipeline, deals closing soon, overdue tasks, stale deals
Email Unread from opportunity contacts, emails waiting on replies
Enrichment Overnight signals: funding, hiring, news on your accounts

No connectors? No problem. Tell me your meetings and deals, and I'll create your briefing.


Output Format

# Daily Briefing | [Day, Month Date]

---

## #1 Priority

**[Most important thing to do today]**
[Why it matters and what to do about it]

---

## Today's Numbers

| Open Pipeline | Closing This Month | Meetings Today | Action Items |
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------|
| $[X] | $[X] | [N] | [N] |

---

## Today's Meetings

### [Time] — [Company] ([Meeting Type])
**Attendees:** [Names]
**Context:** [One-line: deal status, last touch, what's at stake]
**Prep:** [Quick action before this meeting]

### [Time] — [Company] ([Meeting Type])
**Attendees:** [Names]
**Context:** [One-line context]
**Prep:** [Quick action]

*Run `call-prep [company]` for detailed meeting prep*

---

## Pipeline Alerts

### Needs Attention
| Deal | Stage | Amount | Alert | Action |
|------|-------|--------|-------|--------|
| [Deal] | [Stage] | $[X] | [Why flagged] | [What to do] |

### Closing This Week
| Deal | Close Date | Amount | Confidence | Blocker |
|------|------------|--------|------------|---------|
| [Deal] | [Date] | $[X] | [H/M/L] | [If any] |

---

## Email Priorities

### Needs Response
| From | Subject | Received |
|------|---------|----------|
| [Name @ Company] | [Subject] | [Time] |

### Waiting On Reply
| To | Subject | Sent | Days Waiting |
|----|---------|------|--------------|
| [Name @ Company] | [Subject] | [Date] | [N] |

---

## Suggested Actions

1. **[Action]** — [Why now]
2. **[Action]** — [Why now]
3. **[Action]** — [Why now]

---

*Run `call-prep [company]` before your meetings*
*Run `call-follow-up` after each call*

Execution Flow

Step 1: Gather Context

If connectors available:

1. Calendar → Get today's events
   - Filter to external meetings (non-company attendees)
   - Pull: time, title, attendees, description

2. CRM → Query your pipeline
   - Open opportunities owned by you
   - Flag: closing this week, no activity 7+ days, slipped dates
   - Get: overdue tasks, upcoming tasks

3. Email → Check priority messages
   - Unread from opportunity contact domains
   - Sent messages with no reply (3+ days)

4. Enrichment → Check signals (if available)
   - Funding, hiring, news on open accounts

If no connectors:

Ask user:
1. "What meetings do you have today?"
2. "What deals are you focused on? Any closing soon or needing attention?"
3. "Anything urgent I should know about?"

Work with whatever they provide.

Step 2: Prioritize

Priority ranking:
1. URGENT: Deal closing today/tomorrow not yet won
2. HIGH: Meeting today with high-value opportunity
3. HIGH: Unread email from decision-maker
4. MEDIUM: Deal closing this week
5. MEDIUM: Stale deal (7+ days no activity)
6. LOW: Tasks due this week

Select #1 Priority:
- If meeting with >$50K deal today → prep that
- If deal closing today → focus on close
- If urgent email from buyer → respond first
- Else → highest-value stale deal

Step 3: Generate Briefing

Assemble sections based on available data:

1. #1 Priority — Always include (even if simple)
2. Today's Numbers — If CRM connected, otherwise skip
3. Today's Meetings — From calendar or user input
4. Pipeline Alerts — If CRM connected
5. Email Priorities — If email connected
6. Suggested Actions — Always include top 3 actions

Quick Mode

Say "quick brief" or "tldr my day" for abbreviated version:

# Quick Brief | [Date]

**#1:** [Priority action]

**Meetings:** [N] — [Company 1], [Company 2], [Company 3]

**Alerts:**
- [Alert 1]
- [Alert 2]

**Do Now:** [Single most important action]

End of Day Mode

Say "wrap up my day" or "end of day summary" after your last meeting:

# End of Day | [Date]

**Completed:**
- [Meeting 1] — [Outcome]
- [Meeting 2] — [Outcome]

**Pipeline Changes:**
- [Deal] moved to [Stage]
how to use daily-briefing

How to use daily-briefing on Cursor

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Prerequisites

Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:

  • Cursor installed and configured on your development machine
  • Node.js version 16.0+ with npm package manager (verify with node --version)
  • Active project directory or workspace where you want to add daily-briefing
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Execute installation command

Execute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:

$npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill daily-briefing

The skills CLI fetches daily-briefing from GitHub repository anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins and configures it for Cursor.

3

Select Cursor when prompted

The CLI will show a list of available agents. Use arrow keys to navigate and space to select Cursor:

◆ Which agents do you want to install to?
│ ── Universal (.agents/skills) ── always included ────
│ • Amp
│ • Antigravity
│ • Cline
│ • Codex
│ ●Cursor(selected)
│ • Cursor
│ • Windsurf
4

Verify installation

Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:

.cursor/skills/daily-briefing

Reload or restart Cursor to activate daily-briefing. Access the skill through slash commands (e.g., /daily-briefing) or your agent's skill management interface.

Security & Verification Notice

We perform automated surface-level scans (Gen AI Scanner, Socket, Snyk) during installation. These checks detect common vulnerabilities but do not guarantee complete security. Always review skill source code and verify the publisher's reputation before production use.

Skills execute code in your development environment. Always verify the publisher's identity, review recent commits, and test in isolated environments before production deployment.

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Use Cases

Task Automation & Efficiency

Automate repetitive workflows and reduce manual effort

Example

Generate reports, summarize documents, draft communications

Save 3-5 hours per week on routine tasks

Knowledge Enhancement

Learn new skills, understand complex topics, get expert guidance

Example

Explain concepts, provide examples, suggest learning resources

Accelerate learning and skill development by 2x

Quality Improvement

Enhance output quality through reviews, suggestions, and refinements

Example

Review drafts, suggest improvements, catch errors

Improve work quality by 30-40% with less effort

Implementation Guide

Prerequisites

  • Claude Desktop or compatible AI client with skill support
  • Clear understanding of task or problem to solve
  • Willingness to iterate and refine outputs

Time Estimate

15-45 minutes depending on use case complexity

Installation Steps

  1. 1.Install skill using provided installation command
  2. 2.Test with simple use case relevant to your work
  3. 3.Evaluate output quality and relevance
  4. 4.Iterate on prompts to improve results
  5. 5.Integrate into regular workflow if valuable

Common Pitfalls

  • Expecting perfect results without iteration
  • Not providing enough context in prompts
  • Using skill for tasks outside its intended scope
  • Accepting outputs without review and validation

Best Practices

✓ Do

  • +Start with clear, specific prompts
  • +Provide relevant context and constraints
  • +Review and refine all outputs before using
  • +Iterate to improve output quality
  • +Document successful prompt patterns

✗ Don't

  • Don't use without understanding skill limitations
  • Don't skip validation of outputs
  • Don't share sensitive information in prompts
  • Don't expect skill to replace human judgment

💡 Pro Tips

  • Be specific about desired format and style
  • Ask for multiple options to choose from
  • Request explanations to understand reasoning
  • Combine AI efficiency with human expertise

When to Use This

✓ Use When

Use when skill capabilities match your task, clear ROI on time saved, and you can validate outputs. Best for repetitive tasks, learning, and quality improvement.

✗ Avoid When

Avoid when task requires deep expertise you can't validate, involves sensitive decisions, or when learning process is more valuable than speed of completion.

Learning Path

  1. 1Familiarize yourself with skill capabilities and limitations
  2. 2Start with low-risk, non-critical tasks
  3. 3Progress to more complex and valuable use cases
  4. 4Build expertise through regular use and experimentation

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Ratings

4.740 reviews
  • Dhruvi Jain· Dec 16, 2024

    daily-briefing is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.

  • Lucas Khanna· Dec 16, 2024

    Registry listing for daily-briefing matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.

  • Sofia Srinivasan· Dec 12, 2024

    daily-briefing fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.

  • Oshnikdeep· Nov 7, 2024

    Useful defaults in daily-briefing — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.

  • Isabella Nasser· Nov 7, 2024

    daily-briefing reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Amelia Agarwal· Nov 3, 2024

    We added daily-briefing from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.

  • Ganesh Mohane· Oct 26, 2024

    Registry listing for daily-briefing matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.

  • Carlos Flores· Oct 26, 2024

    daily-briefing is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.

  • Xiao Desai· Oct 22, 2024

    Keeps context tight: daily-briefing is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.

  • Omar Desai· Sep 25, 2024

    I recommend daily-briefing for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.

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