Daily Workflow Skill

Usage

/daily

Create Today's Note

/daily

• "Create today's daily note"
• "Start my morning routine"
• "Help me with evening shutdown"

Daily Note Creation

What Happens

1. Checks if today's note exists
   • If yes: Opens the existing note
   • If no: Creates new note from template
2. Template Processing
   • Replaces

     {{date}}

     with today's date
   • Replaces

     {{date:format}}

     with formatted dates
   • Handles date arithmetic (e.g.,

     {{date-1}}

     for yesterday)
3. Automatic Organization
   • Places note in

     Daily Notes/

     folder
   • Names file with today's date (YYYY-MM-DD.md)
   • Preserves template structure

Template Variables

• {{date}}

  - Today's date in default format

• {{date:dddd}}

  - Day name (e.g., Monday)

• {{date:MMMM DD, YYYY}}

  - Formatted date

• {{date-1:YYYY-MM-DD}}

  - Yesterday's date

• {{date+1:YYYY-MM-DD}}

  - Tomorrow's date

• {{time}}

  - Current time

Morning Routine (5-10 minutes)

Automated Steps

1. Create today's daily note (if not exists)
2. Pull incomplete tasks from yesterday
3. Review weekly goals for today's priority
4. Surface any calendar events or deadlines

Interactive Prompts

• "What's your ONE thing for today?"
• "What might get in the way?"
• "How do you want to feel at end of day?"

Morning Checklist

• Daily note created
• Yesterday's incomplete tasks reviewed
• ONE priority identified
• Time blocks set
• Potential obstacles identified

Midday Check-in (2-3 minutes)

Quick Review

1. Check morning task completion
2. Compare actual vs planned time use
3. Assess energy level
4. Identify afternoon priorities

Adjustments

• Reschedule incomplete morning tasks
• Add urgent items that emerged
• Reorder by current energy level
• Note any blockers

Midday Questions

• "How's your energy right now?"
• "What's the most important thing for this afternoon?"
• "What can you let go of today?"

Evening Shutdown (5 minutes)

Capture

1. Mark completed tasks with [x]
2. Add notes and learnings
3. Log energy levels (1-10)
4. Record gratitude items

Reflect

• What went well today?
• What could be better?
• What did I learn?
• What am I grateful for?

Prepare

1. Identify tomorrow's priority (preview)
2. Move incomplete tasks to tomorrow or delete
3. Commit changes to git (

   /push

   )

Shutdown Checklist

• All tasks updated (done/moved/deleted)
• Reflection completed
• Tomorrow's priority identified
• Changes committed

Daily Note Structure

# {{date}}

## Focus
> What's the ONE thing that would make today successful?

## Time Blocks
- Morning (9-12):
- Afternoon (12-5):
- Evening (5+):

## Tasks
### Must Do Today
- [ ]

### Work
- [ ]

### Personal
- [ ]

## Notes
[Capture thoughts, meeting notes, ideas]

## Reflection
- **Wins:**
- **Challenges:**
- **Learned:**
- **Grateful for:**
- **Energy:** /10
- **Tomorrow's priority:**

Time Block Strategies

Energy-Based

• High energy tasks in morning
• Administrative work after lunch
• Creative work when naturally alert

Context-Based

• Batch similar tasks together
• Minimize context switching
• Protect deep work blocks

Configuration

• Daily notes folder:

  Daily Notes/

• Template location:

  Templates/Daily Template.md

• Date format:

  YYYY-MM-DD

Different Date Formats

• YYYY-MM-DD

  - Standard ISO format (recommended)

• MM-DD-YYYY

  - US format

• DD-MM-YYYY

  - European format

• YYYY-MM-DD-ddd

  - Include day abbreviation

Folder Organization by Month

Daily Notes/2024/01/2024-01-15.md

Task-Based Progress Tracking

Morning Routine Tasks

TaskCreate:
  subject: "Create daily note"
  description: "Create or open today's daily note from template"
  activeForm: "Creating daily note..."

TaskCreate:
  subject: "Pull incomplete tasks"
  description: "Carry forward uncompleted tasks from yesterday"
  activeForm: "Pulling incomplete tasks from yesterday..."

TaskCreate:
  subject: "Surface relevant goals"
  description: "Review weekly/monthly goals for today's priority"
  activeForm: "Surfacing relevant goals..."

TaskCreate:
  subject: "Set time blocks"
  description: "Establish time blocks based on energy and priorities"
  activeForm: "Setting time blocks..."

Dependencies

TaskUpdate: "Pull incomplete tasks", addBlockedBy: [create-daily-note-id]
TaskUpdate: "Surface relevant goals", addBlockedBy: [pull-incomplete-tasks-id]
TaskUpdate: "Set time blocks", addBlockedBy: [surface-relevant-goals-id]

Evening Shutdown Tasks

TaskCreate:
  subject: "Update task statuses"
  description: "Mark completed tasks, note blockers"
  activeForm: "Updating task statuses..."

TaskCreate:
  subject: "Generate reflection prompts"
  description: "Prompt for wins, challenges, learnings, gratitude"
  activeForm: "Generating reflection prompts..."

TaskCreate:
  subject: "Prepare tomorrow's preview"
  description: "Identify tomorrow's priority and move incomplete tasks"
  activeForm: "Preparing tomorrow's preview..."

in_progress

completed

Integration

• /push

  - Commit end-of-day changes

• /weekly

  - Weekly planning uses daily notes

• /onboard

  - Load context before planning
• Goal tracking skill - Align daily tasks to goals
• Productivity Coach - Accountability for daily routines