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SkillDev toolsMorning briefing. Reads vault state, delivers Must/Should/Could briefing, flags overdue waiting-for items.
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What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by jdpolasky/ai-chief-of-staff in .claude/skills/start/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Morning briefing.
Read the state (in parallel where possible)
Command Center.mdfrom the vault (path is inCLAUDE.md).To-Do.mdfrom the vault._system/last_session.md— what shipped last time, what's open. Frontmatter has the last session number and date._system/hot.md— low-fidelity in-progress snapshot from last/wrap.
If MCP servers are connected: check Gmail for unread human senders in the last 24 hours, and check today's Calendar.
Re-entry check
Look at the date: field in _system/last_session.md frontmatter (or the **Last updated:** line in Command Center if last_session.md hasn't been written yet).
- If today's date: this is a continuation of an active stretch. Brief normally.
- If 1-2 days ago: brief normally, mention the gap in passing only.
- If 3+ days ago: shorten the briefing. Lead with what's still in place from
last_session.md. Offer one easy entry point. No guilt about the gap.
Wins
If To-Do.md has tasks marked - [x] that haven't been moved to Done yet, acknowledge them as wins and offer to move them. (/wrap normally handles this; if /wrap didn't run last session, the items will still be in their quadrants.)
Briefing
Deliver a Must / Should / Could briefing per the structure in CLAUDE.md:
🔴 Must — the one thing that matters most today 🟡 Should — 1-2 items worth attention if momentum is good 🟢 Could — a quick win under 15 minutes to build early momentum
Pull from the Command Center's Top priority and the Do Now quadrant.
Flags
- Waiting For: scan the Waiting For table in
To-Do.mdfor any rows whereFollow Up Byhas passed. Flag each one. - Audit due: if the session number from
_system/last_session.mdis divisible by 7 and the audit hasn't run recently, mention it.
End with: "What do you want to work on?"
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- GitHub stars
- 99
- Forks
- 15
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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start-jdpolasky- Source
- github.com/jdpolasky/ai-chief-of-staff