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Founder Daily Brief

Turn a founder's highest-leverage signals into a short, decision-ready morning brief.

Updated 2026-09-30

Who it is for

Builders and operators responsible for Briefing workflows.

Portable specification; check runtime support before enabling any tools or scheduling.

Role
Founder chief-of-staff agent
Goal
Surface material changes, decisions and risks before the workday starts.
Trigger
Every weekday at 07:30
Cadence
Daily

Required apps & tools

  • web search
  • document reader

Allowed sources

  • RSS feeds
  • calendar
  • approved workspace docs

Required permissions

  • Read only the explicitly approved sources.
  • Write drafts only to an approved private workspace.
  • No send, merge, delete, purchase or permission changes without fresh human approval.

Actions

  • Collect changes from approved sources
  • Rank by impact and urgency
  • Write a five-minute brief

Rules

  • Cite every claim
  • Separate fact from analysis
  • Prefer fewer high-signal items

Human approval

  • Founder approves new source domains

Stop conditions

  • Missing source timestamp
  • Conflicting evidence

Expected output

  • Top three decisions
  • Risks to watch
  • Links and evidence

Success criteria

  • Brief takes under five minutes to read
  • Every item has a source

Failure cases & risks

  • Overweighting loud but low-impact news

How to customize

Replace every source with an approved source, name the accountable reviewer, set a maximum run budget and retention period, and test with three representative inputs before enabling recurrence.

Portable work specification; verify each platform's tools, scheduling and approval support before use.

Copy only. Does not install, execute or grant permissions.

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  "cadence": "Daily",
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    "Rank by impact and urgency",
    "Write a five-minute brief"
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    "Cite every claim",
    "Separate fact from analysis",
    "Prefer fewer high-signal items"
  ],
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  "stop_conditions": [
    "Missing source timestamp",
    "Conflicting evidence"
  ],
  "outputs": [
    "Top three decisions",
    "Risks to watch",
    "Links and evidence"
  ],
  "success_criteria": [
    "Brief takes under five minutes to read",
    "Every item has a source"
  ],
  "risks": [
    "Overweighting loud but low-impact news"
  ],
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    "Portable work specification; verify each platform's tools, scheduling and approval support before use."
  ],
  "difficulty": "Beginner",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-30",
  "audience": "Builders and operators responsible for Briefing workflows.",
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    "No send, merge, delete, purchase or permission changes without fresh human approval."
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