Daily Brief Writer
Workflow
- Collect the available source material before drafting. Use the user's notes as the source of truth, and mark missing or inferred context explicitly.
- Separate facts from interpretation. Keep dated events, decisions, metrics, blockers, and asks traceable to the input.
- Draft in this order:
- Headline: one sentence with the most important takeaway.
- Done today: completed work or resolved decisions.
- In progress: active threads and current state.
- Blockers or risks: items needing attention.
- Next actions: concrete owner/action/date when available.
- Keep the brief concise by default. Prefer 5-9 bullets total unless the user asks for detail.
- Preserve sensitive wording carefully. Do not invent commitments, owners, dates, or metrics.
Style
- Write plainly and professionally.
- Prefer active voice and concrete nouns.
- Combine duplicate updates across sources.
- Use neutral language for uncertain or unresolved items.
- If the input is mostly Chinese, draft in Chinese; if mostly English, draft in English.
Output Shapes
Use the default daily brief format unless the user asks for a specific channel.
Default:
**Daily Brief**
Headline: ...
Done today:
- ...
In progress:
- ...
Blockers / risks:
- ...
Next actions:
- ...
For Slack or chat, make it shorter and remove empty sections.
For email, add a subject line and a greeting only if the user asks for an email-ready draft.
Reference
For stricter section rules and examples, read references/brief-format.md.