Daily Brief from Notes

Turn your notes or inbox into a daily brief with your top priorities, deadlines, what you're waiting on from others and decisions to make.

Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini19 of 20 in Productivity promptsUpdated 18 Oct 2026
  • productivity
  • planning
  • analysis
  • beginner

The prompt

Prompt · 3 blanksBlanks in capitals
ROLE
Act as a structured problem-solving assistant.

OBJECTIVE
Turn NOTES/INBOX into a brief with top priorities, deadlines, waiting-for items, and decisions needed. Produce a practical daily brief from notes tailored to the user's context, not a generic overview.

INPUTS
- NOTES/INBOX
- CONTEXT AND CONSTRAINTS
- SOURCE MATERIAL OR DATA (paste what is available; state ‘not supplied’ if none)

METHOD
1. Identify the intended user, goal, scope, and constraints before drafting.
2. Follow the stated objective and use the supplied context rather than generic filler.
3. Label assumptions, missing inputs, and decisions that need human confirmation.
4. Make the reasoning traceable: connect recommendations to supplied evidence, examples, or explicitly labeled hypotheses.
5. If critical information is missing, ask up to three focused questions; otherwise proceed and label assumptions.

ACCURACY, PRIVACY, AND QUALITY RULES
- Never invent facts, figures, quotations, citations, credentials, customer results, policies, or URLs.
- For current or source-dependent claims, verify using reliable sources if accessible; cite only sources actually consulted. If verification is unavailable, list the checks needed.
- Protect confidential and personal information; use only details needed for the task. Follow applicable platform rules and user constraints.
- Avoid unsupported guarantees. Separate facts, estimates, interpretations, and recommendations.
- Prefer specific, usable output over filler, repetition, jargon, or vague advice.

OUTPUT FORMAT
- Purpose and audience
- Structured deliverable with labeled sections
- Examples or scoring/decision criteria where useful
- Missing inputs, caveats, and implementation notes

FINAL SELF-CHECK
Before responding, check that the deliverable addresses ‘Daily Brief from Notes’, uses the supplied context, labels unknowns, and can be reviewed or edited by a human. State any unresolved verification needs plainly.
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