daily-workflows

Daily Workflows

This skill orchestrates Matt's recurring routines across Obsidian, Pippin, Telegram, and the homelab. Each workflow below can be triggered by name.

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Morning Briefing (/morning-briefing)

The morning briefing aggregates mail, calendar, and tasks into a plain-text Telegram message.

Prerequisites

• Mac screen must be unlocked (SSH from iPhone may hit locked screen — check ioreg -n IOHIDSystem | grep HIDIdleTime)
• Mail.app must be open: open -a Mail && sleep 4
• Obsidian must be running (for task pull)

Steps

1. Gather mail — pull unread from all accounts in parallel using Pippin:

   pippin mail unread --account iCloud --limit 10 --format json
   pippin mail unread --account Exchange --limit 10 --format json
   # repeat for Yahoo!, Google, [email protected]
   

2. Gather calendar — use Pippin calendar or JXA fallback:

   pippin calendar today --format json
   # JXA fallback if Pippin fails:
   # osascript -l JavaScript -e '<JXA script>'
   

3. Pull open tasks from vault:

   obsidian tasks vault="Matt's Vault" format=md
   

4. Compose plain-text message — no Markdown formatting (Telegram silently drops messages with _ or *). Structure:

   Good morning! Here's your briefing for <date>.
   
   CALENDAR
   <event list>
   
   MAIL (<N> unread)
   <sender — subject, per account>
   
   OPEN TASKS
   <task list, top 5>
   

5. Send via Telegram:

   CHAT_ID=$(get-secret "Personal AI Telegram Chat ID")
   BOT_TOKEN=$(get-secret "Personal AI Telegram Bot Token")
   curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot${BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage" \
     -d chat_id="$CHAT_ID" \
     -d text="<message>"
   

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Vault Inbox Triage (/vault-triage)

Process notes sitting in 00-Inbox/ and move them to their correct folders.

Steps

1. List inbox contents:

   obsidian files path="00-Inbox/" vault="Matt's Vault" format=json
   

2. For each note:

   • Read it: obsidian read "00-Inbox/<name>" vault="Matt's Vault"
   • Determine correct folder using vault-navigator skill
   • Check/add required frontmatter (type, tags, created) using obsidian-markdown skill
   • Move: obsidian move "00-Inbox/<name>" "<target-folder>/<name>" vault="Matt's Vault"

3. Report: list of notes processed and where each landed.

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Weekly Polaris Review (/weekly-review)

A structured review of the past week and planning for the next.

Steps

1. Read last week's plan:

   obsidian files path="01-Polaris/Weeks/" vault="Matt's Vault" format=json
   # read most recent Week-*.md
   

2. Check open tasks:

   obsidian tasks vault="Matt's Vault" format=md
   

3. Review Anchors — read each Anchor note and note any updates needed.

4. Compose new week plan using the polaris skill's Week Plan template.

5. Create the week plan note:

   obsidian create name="01-Polaris/Weeks/Week-<YYYY-WNN>" content="..." vault="Matt's Vault" silent
   

6. Optional: write brief reflection for the closing week:

   obsidian create name="01-Polaris/Reflections/Reflection-<YYYY-MM>" content="..." vault="Matt's Vault" silent
   

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Session Completion Checklist (/session-done)

Run at the end of any coding or infrastructure work session. From ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md:

1. File issues for remaining work:

   bd create "Title" --description "..." --status open
   

2. Run quality gates (tests, linters) if code changed.

3. Update issue status:

   bd close <id>              # finished work
   bd update <id> --status in_progress  # ongoing
   

4. Push:

   git stash && git pull --rebase && git stash pop && bd sync && git push
   

5. Verify git status shows "up to date with origin".

Work is not complete until git push succeeds.

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Telegram Helpers

# Get credentials
CHAT_ID=$(get-secret "Personal AI Telegram Chat ID")
BOT_TOKEN=$(get-secret "Personal AI Telegram Bot Token")

# Send a plain-text message
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot${BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage" \
  -d chat_id="$CHAT_ID" \
  -d text="<message>"

Plain text only — parse_mode: "Markdown" was removed 2026-02-25 because Telegram silently drops messages containing underscores or asterisks. Always send plain text.